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Electrical engineering at Stanford

Stanford graduates about 36 electrical engineering majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 14th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $23 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

89/100Standout#14 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year362% of the class
Research in the field$23Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1580whole school

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Where electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mechanical Engineering Administration, Mechanical Engineering, TSG, Huang Engineering Center, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Shriram Center for Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering, Spilker Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 127 · Dorm 58 · Athletics 26 · Dining 11 · Arts 7 · Library 5.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology 91
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 91
  3. Northeastern University 90
  4. Princeton University 90
  5. University of California, Santa Barbara 89
  6. University of Maryland, College Park 88
  7. Rice University 88
  8. University of Florida 87

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Stanford 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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