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Electrical engineering at MIT

MIT graduates about 80 electrical engineering majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 3rd of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 96 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $161,000 four years out, 1.62× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $58 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

96/100Standout#3 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year806% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$161,0001.62× the same major nationally
Research in the field$58Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1520–1570whole school

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Where electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: W92 Information Technology.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 38 · Dorm 12 · Athletics 2 · Offices 1 · Arts 1 · Student housing 1.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Berkeley 100
  2. Carnegie Mellon University 97
  3. University of California San Diego 95
  4. The University of Texas–Austin 94
  5. Cornell University 93
  6. University of California, Los Angeles 92

Other strong majors at MIT

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares MIT 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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