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Electrical & computer engineering at Duke

Duke graduates about 122 electrical & computer engineering majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it tied for 5th of 271 schools we rank for electrical & computer engineering, a standout program at 9.6 out of 10. Graduates in the major earn a median $175,000 four years out, 1.69× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $37 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

9.6/10StandoutT-5 of 271 for electrical & computer engineering →
Graduates a year1225% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$175,0001.69× the same major nationally
Research in the field$37Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1510–1570whole school

Around Duke

Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC
Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC (48961110752)Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · CC0 · source
Allen Building, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC
Allen Building, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC (48960961831)Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · CC0 · source
Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC
Perkins Library, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC (48960917771)Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · CC0 · source
Divinity School, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC
Divinity School, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC (48960908401)Photo: Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · CC0 · source

Where electrical & computer engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Teer Engineering Building, Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Scien.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 45 · Academic 37 · Athletics 16 · Library 3 · Dining 3 · Arts 2.

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Nearby in the electrical & computer engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Berkeley 10.0
  2. Carnegie Mellon University 9.9
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9.8
  4. University of California San Diego 9.7
  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9.6
  6. University of California, Los Angeles 9.5
  7. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 9.4
  8. University of Southern California 9.3

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How the score works

The score is out of 10 and compares Duke with every school we rank in electrical & computer engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (30%), research spending in electrical engineering (30%, NSF; at least its usual share of the school's EE and computer science research, since joint EECS departments report it either way), the student body's test scores (20%), how many undergraduate courses the department lists, where counted (15%), and the number of graduates in the major (5%; schools file EE and computer engineering under different codes, so the count says little). Pay is compared after a half adjustment for state price levels (BEA), since many graduates move. A program needs at least 15 graduates a year (or 8, with research spending in the field in the top quarter) and data about the program itself (its own graduates' pay, its course catalog or research in the field) to be ranked; school-wide numbers alone never rank a program. Missing inputs drop out and the rest are reweighted. Scores run 0–10 against the other ranked schools: 8.0+ is a standout program, 6.5+ strong, 4.5+ solid. Schools with the same score share a rank. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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