Rankings by major · 312 schools scored

Best colleges for electrical engineering

Every school we cover is scored 0–100 for electrical engineering. The score weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80 and up is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid.

The top electrical engineering schools: University of California, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Top 100 colleges for electrical engineering
Rank	School	Score (0–100)	Tier	Graduates per year in the major	Share of the class	Pay vs. national, same major	Acceptance rate
1	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	100	Standout	504	4.9%	2.01×	11%
2	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	97	Standout	162	8.5%	2.51×	11%
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	96	Standout	80	5.7%	1.62×	5%
4	University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	95	Standout	204	2.2%	1.19×	29%
5	The University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	94	Standout	331	3.2%	1.47×	27%
6	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	93	Standout	94	2.2%	1.48×	9%
7	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	92	Standout	135	1.4%	1.27×	9%
8	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	92	Standout	108	1.2%	1.18×	16%
9	University of Washington Seattle, WA	91	Standout	226	2.4%	1.17×	39%
10	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	91	Standout	152	3.7%	1.12×	13%
11	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	91	Standout	180	2%	1.12×	42%
12	Northeastern University Boston, MA	90	Standout	88	1.9%	1.19×	5%
13	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	90	Standout	38	3%	–	4%
14	Stanford University Stanford, CA	89	Standout	36	2.2%	–	4%
15	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	89	Standout	63	0.9%	1.18×	38%
16	University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	88	Standout	106	1.2%	1.08×	45%
17	Rice University Houston, TX	88	Standout	32	2.6%	1.37×	8%
18	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	87	Standout	122	1.2%	1.08×	20%
19	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	87	Standout	23	0.6%	–	5%
20	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	87	Standout	18	0.9%	–	8%
21	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	86	Standout	52	1.8%	1.13×	11%
22	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	86	Standout	98	1%	–	44%
23	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	85	Standout	190	1.3%	1.05×	88%
24	Purdue University–Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	85	Standout	188	2.2%	1.06×	50%
25	Columbia University New York, NY	85	Standout	28	1%	1.44×	5%
26	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	85	Standout	108	1.4%	1.05×	55%
27	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	84	Standout	160	2.5%	1.03×	42%
28	Rutgers University–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ	84	Standout	256	3%	1.09×	58%
29	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	83	Standout	12	0.2%	1.32×	10%
30	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	83	Standout	276	2%	1.04×	52%
31	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	83	Standout	88	1%	1.07×	29%
32	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	83	Standout	12	0.5%	–	6%
33	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	82	Standout	14	0.5%	–	7%
34	New York University New York, NY	82	Standout	35	0.5%	1.08×	9%
35	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	82	Standout	88	6%	1.05×	63%
36	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	81	Standout	25	1%	–	12%
37	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	81	Standout	96	1.2%	1.06×	86%
38	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	81	Standout	8	0.4%	–	4%
39	The Ohio State University Columbus, OH	80	Standout	208	1.8%	1.00×	51%
40	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	80	Standout	86	7.2%	1.06×	61%
41	University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	80	Standout	35	0.7%	1.19×	66%
42	The University of Texas–Dallas Richardson, TX	80	Standout	128	2.4%	1.05×	65%
43	Tufts University Medford, MA	79	Strong	20	1%	–	11%
44	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	79	Strong	110	1.9%	1.06×	79%
45	California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	79	Strong	148	3%	1.26×	30%
46	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	78	Strong	60	2.9%	1.06×	42%
47	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	78	Strong	82	6.4%	1.10×	62%
48	Yale University New Haven, CT	78	Strong	4	0.3%	–	5%
49	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	77	Strong	28	2.9%	1.13×	51%
50	University of Houston Houston, TX	77	Strong	84	1%	1.08×	74%
51	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	77	Strong	104	1.2%	1.07×	37%
52	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	77	Strong	53	0.9%	1.04×	87%
53	University of Massachusetts–Amherst Amherst, MA	76	Strong	44	0.6%	1.02×	60%
54	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	76	Strong	52	1%	1.03×	59%
55	Boston University Boston, MA	76	Strong	46	0.9%	0.99×	13%
56	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	76	Strong	92	0.9%	1.03×	43%
57	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	75	Strong	184	1.2%	1.00×	43%
58	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	75	Strong	18	0.9%	–	48%
59	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	75	Strong	80	2%	1.03×	70%
60	Auburn University Auburn, AL	74	Strong	70	1.2%	1.00×	46%
61	Villanova University Villanova, PA	74	Strong	27	1.3%	1.18×	28%
62	University of Massachusetts–Lowell Lowell, MA	74	Strong	114	3.9%	1.02×	83%
63	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	74	Strong	16	6.9%	–	3%
64	University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	73	Strong	60	3.5%	1.01×	74%
65	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	73	Strong	100	1%	0.95×	45%
66	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	73	Strong	46	2.8%	1.00×	35%
67	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	73	Strong	110	1.2%	1.01×	85%
68	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	72	Strong	16	0.4%	–	46%
69	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	72	Strong	62	0.7%	0.98×	80%
70	George Washington University Washington, DC	72	Strong	12	0.3%	–	47%
71	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	72	Strong	72	1%	1.08×	73%
72	Iowa State University of Science and Technology Ames, IA	71	Strong	108	1.6%	1.00×	89%
73	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	71	Strong	34	0.6%	0.99×	17%
74	The Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	71	Strong	168	1.6%	0.94×	61%
75	University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA	71	Strong	62	1%	1.03×	86%
76	Stony Brook University–SUNY Stony Brook, NY	70	Strong	47	0.9%	0.99×	49%
77	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	70	Strong	14	0.9%	–	48%
78	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	70	Strong	18	1.2%	1.09×	29%
79	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	69	Strong	38	2%	1.07×	83%
80	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	69	Strong	27	0.4%	1.01×	78%
81	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	69	Strong	76	4.2%	0.98×	65%
82	Clemson University Clemson, SC	69	Strong	86	1.6%	0.97×	38%
83	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	68	Strong	40	0.6%	1.01×	60%
84	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	68	Strong	40	0.7%	1.06×	78%
85	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	68	Strong	93	7.3%	0.99×	73%
86	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	68	Strong	32	0.5%	1.00×	68%
87	Binghamton University–SUNY Binghamton, NY	67	Strong	41	1.1%	1.00×	37%
88	University of Michigan–Dearborn Dearborn, MI	67	Strong	124	8.1%	1.06×	56%
89	University at Buffalo–SUNY Buffalo, NY	67	Strong	98	1.8%	0.96×	81%
90	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	67	Strong	70	3.3%	0.96×	65%
91	University of Nebraska – Lincoln Lincoln, NE	66	Strong	47	1%	1.01×	87%
92	California State University–Sacramento Sacramento, CA	66	Strong	94	1.2%	1.04×	92%
93	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	66	Strong	94	8%	1.00×	92%
94	University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	65	Strong	106	1.6%	0.99×	85%
95	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	65	Strong	78	1.7%	1.07×	78%
96	Florida International University Miami, FL	65	Strong	216	1.7%	0.99×	55%
97	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	65	Strong	78	1.4%	0.95×	54%
98	California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA	64	Solid	119	1.3%	1.04×	45%
99	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	64	Solid	71	1.7%	1.05×	78%
100	Lafayette College Easton, PA	64	Solid	14	1.7%	–	31%

212 more schools are on the full electrical engineering ranking.

How this ranking works

Updated October 18, 2026. Sources: early-career pay for graduates of each program, by field of study (College Scorecard), graduates per year in the major (IPEDS), undergraduate courses listed in each department's current catalog, and the student body's test scores. Inputs that are missing for a school are dropped and the rest reweighted; programs with fewer than five graduates a year are capped at 30. Scores are relative to the other schools covered, from 0 to 100.

To cite: prefrosh.ai, "Best colleges for electrical engineering," updated October 18, 2026, https://prefrosh.ai/majors/electrical-engineering. For a specific student's chances at these schools, use Chance me, which reads odds from the student's own high school's admissions chart.

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