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Electrical engineering at Auburn

Auburn graduates about 70 electrical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 60th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a strong program at 74 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $100,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $17 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year701% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$100,0001.00× the same major nationally
Research in the field$17Ma year, NSF
Admit rate46%whole school
SAT middle 50%1220–1380whole school

Around Auburn

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Where electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Gavin Engineering Research Laboratory, Shelby Center for Engineering Technology, Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center, Davis Aerospace Engineering Hall, Woltosz Engineering Research Lab, Agricultural Engineering Anex, Information Technology Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 94 · Dorm 24 · Athletics 11 · Dining 4 · Library 3 · Fraternity or sorority house 2.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. University of South Florida 76
  2. University of Central Florida 75
  3. Southern Methodist University 75
  4. Drexel University 75
  5. Villanova University 74
  6. University of Massachusetts–Lowell 74
  7. California Institute of Technology 74
  8. University of Alabama in Huntsville 73

Other strong majors at Auburn

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Auburn with every school we score in electrical engineering. It 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+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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