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Princeton, NJ · Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering at Princeton

Princeton graduates about 38 electrical engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 13th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 90 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $37 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

90/100Standout#13 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year383% of the class
Research in the field$37Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Around Princeton

Class of 1952 Stadium, home to the Princeton Tigers lacrosse and field hockey te
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Roberts Stadium, home to the Princeton Tigers soccer teams of Princeton Universi
Roberts StadiumPhoto: David Keddie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Lenz Tennis Center, home to the Princeton Tigers tennis teams of Princeton U
Lenz Tennis CenterPhoto: David Keddie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
New College East, Princeton University, near completion on 8 May 2022
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Where electrical engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 27 · Dorm 11 · Athletics 7 · Library 3 · Student housing 2 · Arts 1.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. University of Washington 91
  2. Georgia Institute of Technology 91
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 91
  4. Northeastern University 90
  5. Stanford University 89
  6. University of California, Santa Barbara 89
  7. University of Maryland, College Park 88
  8. Rice University 88

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Princeton 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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