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Electrical engineering at WashU

WashU graduates about 25 electrical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 36th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $6 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#36 of 312 for electrical engineering →
Graduates a year251% of the class
Research in the field$6Ma year, NSF
Admit rate12%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1550whole school

Around WashU

Wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
Stropharia rugosoannulata 193908529Photo: Cazody · CC0 · source
Thurtene Carnival,Washington University in St. Louis, April 2018
Thurtene CarnivalPhoto: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The West end of Danforth Campus in the snow. Picture taken from Seigle hall.
West end of Danforth CampusPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
The Athletic Complex at Washington University in St. Louis. Site of three presid
Wash U Athletic ComplexPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where electrical engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 84 · Dorm 37 · Student housing 28 · Athletics 5 · Library 5 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking

  1. Vanderbilt University 83
  2. Northwestern University 82
  3. New York University 82
  4. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 82
  5. University of Arizona 81
  6. Harvard University 81
  7. The Ohio State University 80
  8. Colorado School of Mines 80

Other strong majors at WashU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares WashU 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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