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Electrical & computer engineering at Northwestern

Northwestern graduates about 33 electrical & computer engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it tied for 35th of 271 schools we rank for electrical & computer engineering, a standout program at 8.0 out of 10. Research spending in the field runs about $10 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

8.0/10StandoutT-35 of 271 for electrical & computer engineering →
Graduates a year331% of the class
Research in the field$10Ma year, NSF
Admit rate7%whole school
SAT middle 50%1520–1560whole school

Around Northwestern

Near Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL
Entrance to Northwestern University Technological Institute (51725404073)Photo: Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source
A photo of the interior of Dearborn Observatory. The dome is open, the red light
Dearborn Telescope with open domePhoto: Jackricono · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Shakespeare Garden in Evanston (1915). It was established by the Garden Club
Shakespeare Garden (8105928197)Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Aggelos Katsaggelos
Aggelos KatsaggelosPhoto: Leandros89 · CC0 · source

Where electrical & computer engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Northwestern University Technological Institute, Seeley G. Mudd Science and Engineering Library.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 96 · Dorm 44 · Fraternity or sorority house 13 · Arts 8 · Chapel 5 · Athletics 3.

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Nearby in the electrical & computer engineering ranking

  1. University of Wisconsin–Madison 8.1
  2. North Carolina State University 8.1
  3. Vanderbilt University 8.0
  4. New York University 8.0
  5. Texas A&M University 7.9
  6. University of California, Santa Cruz 7.9
  7. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 7.9
  8. University of Alabama in Huntsville 7.8

Other strong majors at Northwestern

How the score works

The score is out of 10 and compares Northwestern 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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