Electrical engineering at Caltech
Caltech graduates about 16 electrical engineering majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 63rd of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a strong program at 74 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Where electrical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Central Engineering, Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 36 · Student housing 22 · Dorm 8 · Athletics 4 · Dining 2 · Library 2.
Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Caltech
- Physics & astronomy 97 · #8
- Engineering (all) 87 · #53
- Computer science 84 · #89
- Neuroscience 79 · #68
- Math & statistics 78 · #137
- Chemistry & biochem 76 · #146
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Caltech 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.