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Electrical engineering at Notre Dame

Notre Dame graduates about 52 electrical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 21st of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $113,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $26 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year522% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$113,0001.13× the same major nationally
Research in the field$26Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1460–1540whole school

Around Notre Dame

Imersive Technologies Lab on the second floor of the Hesburgh Library
Imersive Technologies Lab of the Hesburgh LibraryPhoto: Swanyay · CC0 · source
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Where electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Building, Information Technology Center, Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 98 · Academic 96 · Athletics 18 · Chapel 6 · Student housing 5 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. Rice University 88
  2. University of Florida 87
  3. University of Pennsylvania 87
  4. Johns Hopkins University 87
  5. University of California, Davis 86
  6. Arizona State University 85
  7. Purdue University–Main Campus 85
  8. Columbia University 85

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Notre Dame 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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