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Electrical engineering at Penn

Penn graduates about 23 electrical engineering majors a year. That puts it 19th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $38 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#19 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year23under 1% of the class
Research in the field$38Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1570whole school

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Where electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Center for Automation Technology, Alumni Engineering Labs, Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology, Bennet S. LeBow Engineering Center, Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 88 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 10 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Santa Barbara 89
  2. University of Maryland, College Park 88
  3. Rice University 88
  4. University of Florida 87
  5. Johns Hopkins University 87
  6. University of Notre Dame 86
  7. University of California, Davis 86
  8. Arizona State University 85

Other strong majors at Penn

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Penn 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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