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Electrical & computer engineering at UMaine

UMaine graduates about 26 electrical & computer engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it tied for 134th of 271 schools we rank for electrical & computer engineering, a solid program at 5.4 out of 10. Graduates in the major earn a median $102,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

5.4/10SolidT-134 of 271 for electrical & computer engineering →
Graduates a year261% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$102,0000.99× the same major nationally
Research in the field$4Ma year, NSF
Admit rate94%whole school
SAT middle 50%1060–1300whole school

Around UMaine

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Maine Experiment Station Barn
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The lawn outside of Hancock Hall at the University of Maine.
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Where electrical & computer engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Storage, Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 112 · Athletics 13 · Dorm 10 · Dining 3 · Chapel 2 · Library 2.

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Nearby in the electrical & computer engineering ranking

  1. New Jersey Institute of Technology 5.5
  2. Colorado State University 5.5
  3. Prairie View A&M University 5.4
  4. Montana State University 5.4
  5. United States Military Academy at West Point 5.4
  6. Kettering University 5.4
  7. University of Colorado Colorado Springs 5.3
  8. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University–Daytona Beach 5.3

Other strong majors at UMaine

How the score works

The score is out of 10 and compares UMaine 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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