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Electrical & computer engineering at United States Air Force Academy

United States Air Force Academy graduates about 64 electrical & computer engineering majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it tied for 130th of 271 schools we rank for electrical & computer engineering, a solid program at 5.5 out of 10.

5.5/10SolidT-130 of 271 for electrical & computer engineering →
Graduates a year646% of the class
Research in the field$870Ka year, NSF
Admit rate14%whole school
SAT middle 50%1310–1480whole school

Around United States Air Force Academy

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A USAF CV-22 Osprey visits the United States Air Force Academy. Photo taken May,
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Where electrical & computer engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 5 · Athletics 3 · Library 1 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the electrical & computer engineering ranking

  1. University of North Texas 5.6
  2. University of Tulsa 5.6
  3. Michigan Technological University 5.6
  4. University of Kentucky 5.5
  5. New Jersey Institute of Technology 5.5
  6. Colorado State University 5.5
  7. Prairie View A&M University 5.4
  8. Montana State University 5.4

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How the score works

The score is out of 10 and compares United States Air Force Academy with every school we rank in electrical & computer engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (30%), research spending in electrical engineering (30%, NSF; at least its usual share of the school's EE and computer science research, since joint EECS departments report it either way), the student body's test scores (20%), how many undergraduate courses the department lists, where counted (15%), and the number of graduates in the major (5%; schools file EE and computer engineering under different codes, so the count says little). Pay is compared after a half adjustment for state price levels (BEA), since many graduates move. A program needs at least 15 graduates a year (or 8, with research spending in the field in the top quarter) and data about the program itself (its own graduates' pay, its course catalog or research in the field) to be ranked; school-wide numbers alone never rank a program. Missing inputs drop out and the rest are reweighted. Scores run 0–10 against the other ranked schools: 8.0+ is a standout program, 6.5+ strong, 4.5+ solid. Schools with the same score share a rank. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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