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Electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon graduates about 162 electrical engineering majors a year, 9% of its graduating class. That puts it 2nd of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 97 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $250,000 four years out, 2.51× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $38 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

97/100Standout#2 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year1629% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$250,0002.51× the same major nationally
Research in the field$38Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1570whole school

Around Carnegie Mellon

A lawn on the Carnegie Mellon University campus known at The Cut.
The Cut, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPhoto: Sdkb · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
20070520 31 Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
20070520 31 Carnegie-Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (22682736257)Photo: David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Pamela's Group shot
Pamelas Group shot (472332861)Photo: Kevin Galens · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Cathedral of Learning
CathedralatSunsetPhoto: Jiuguang Wang from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Roberts Engineering Hall.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 27 · Academic 23 · Athletics 2 · Dining 1 · Library 1 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Berkeley 100
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 96
  3. University of California San Diego 95
  4. The University of Texas–Austin 94
  5. Cornell University 93

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Carnegie Mellon 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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