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Electrical engineering at Cornell

Cornell graduates about 94 electrical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 6th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $147,000 four years out, 1.48× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $39 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

93/100Standout#6 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year942% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$147,0001.48× the same major nationally
Research in the field$39Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1550whole school

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. Carnegie Mellon University 97
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 96
  3. University of California San Diego 95
  4. The University of Texas–Austin 94
  5. University of California, Los Angeles 92
  6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 92
  7. University of Washington 91
  8. Georgia Institute of Technology 91

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Cornell 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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