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Electrical engineering at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech graduates about 108 electrical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 26th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 85 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $105,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $66 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

85/100Standout#26 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year1081% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$105,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$66Ma year, NSF
Admit rate55%whole school
SAT middle 50%1240–1430whole school

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. University of California, Davis 86
  2. Arizona State University 85
  3. Purdue University–Main Campus 85
  4. Columbia University 85
  5. North Carolina State University 84
  6. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 84
  7. University of Southern California 83
  8. Texas A&M University 83

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Virginia Tech 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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