Electrical engineering at WPI
WPI graduates about 82 electrical engineering majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 47th of 312 schools we score for electrical engineering, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $109,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $6 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around WPI
Where electrical engineering happens
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 29 · Dorm 14 · Athletics 2 · Library 2 · Arts 1.
Nearby in the electrical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at WPI
- Engineering (all) 87 · #60
- Computer science 86 · #70
- Math & statistics 85 · #79
- Physics & astronomy 82 · #80
- Mechanical engineering 77 · #53
- Biology 72 · #221
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares WPI 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.