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Electrical engineering at UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara graduates about 63 electrical engineering majors a year. That puts it 15th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $117,000 four years out, 1.18× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $46 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

89/100Standout#15 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year63under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$117,0001.18× the same major nationally
Research in the field$46Ma year, NSF
Admit rate38%whole school

Around UC Santa Barbara

The East Asian Library in Davidson Library, UCSB
East Asian Library of UCSBPhoto: AndyHe829 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
the Ti-Nspire CX ii CAS
CxcasiiPhoto: Prezi2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Oneweb mission. This one involved the booster returning to base.
Spacex Launch as seen from UCSB (54239527832)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
Lunar Eclipse at UCSB
Lunar Eclipse at UCSB (51203940477)Photo: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where electrical engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Science, BioEngineering, Engineering II.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 125 · Student housing 31 · Dorm 25 · Athletics 10 · Arts 7 · Dining 5.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 91
  2. Northeastern University 90
  3. Princeton University 90
  4. Stanford University 89
  5. University of Maryland, College Park 88
  6. Rice University 88
  7. University of Florida 87
  8. University of Pennsylvania 87

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Santa Barbara 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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