Electrical engineering at Pitt
Pitt graduates about 52 electrical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 54th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a strong program at 76 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $103,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $12 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Pitt
Where electrical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Software Engineering Institute, University Technology Development Center, Old Engineering Hall.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 54 · Dorm 24 · Student housing 11 · Athletics 9 · Chapel 9 · Fraternity or sorority house 4.
Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Pitt
- Health & pre-med fields 94 · #2
- Biology 90 · #26
- English & writing 89 · #40
- Math & statistics 88 · #58
- Political science & IR 86 · #68
- Chemistry & biochem 86 · #54
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Pitt 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.