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Electrical engineering at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley graduates about 504 electrical engineering majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 1st of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 100 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $201,000 four years out, 2.01× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $122 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

100/100Standout#1 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year5045% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$201,0002.01× the same major nationally
Research in the field$122Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school

Around UC Berkeley

Sather Tower
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South Hall is the oldest building on the campus of University of California, Ber
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Wheeler Hall
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Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley
Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley (54263464661)Photo: Gabriel Classon · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Architects & Engineers, Grimes Engineering Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 124 · Dorm 27 · Athletics 15 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Library 7.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. Carnegie Mellon University 97
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 96
  3. University of California San Diego 95
  4. The University of Texas–Austin 94

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Berkeley 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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