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Electrical Engineering

Shockingly Elite

The absolute pinnacle of Electrical & Computer Engineering. They treat Maxwell's equations as light bedside reading, and if the modern world relies on a circuit, a graduate from one of these programs probably designed it.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	MIT Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	59	5%	68% / 32%	10%	$179,558	100	96%	—
2	Stanford Palo Alto, CA	Palo Alto, CA	62	4%	60% / 40%	19%	$165,152	100	87%	—
3	U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	Champaign, IL	221	37%	88% / 12%	43%	$103,909	97	95%	—
4	Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	137	13%	77% / 23%	12%	$109,346	98	100%	—
5	U. of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	12	11%	100% / 0%	0%	$109,039	98	—	—
6	U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	Ann Arbor, MI	134	16%	78% / 22%	13%	$109,256	96	98%	—
7	Cornell Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	111	8%	59% / 41%	14%	$126,251	99	95%	—
8	Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	—	11%	—	—	—	—	—	—

Dangerously Grounded

Giant public powerhouses where the power systems labs look like supervillain lairs. They pump out enough battle-hardened graduates to single-handedly staff every utility company and semiconductor fab on Earth.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	U. of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Austin, TX	365	22%	81% / 19%	3%	$124,063	99	98%	—
2	Purdue West Lafayette, IN	West Lafayette, IN	244	43%	81% / 19%	24%	$97,496	96	97%	—
3	UCLA Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	124	9%	77% / 23%	15%	$112,575	98	96%	—
4	U. of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	La Jolla, CA	169	29%	85% / 15%	8%	$107,097	97	94%	—
5	U. of Washington Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA	32	42%	81% / 19%	9%	—	—	—	—
6	U. of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	Madison, WI	110	41%	91% / 9%	16%	$95,604	93	93%	—
7	U. of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	College Park, MD	89	45%	82% / 18%	4%	$101,518	97	94%	—
8	Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX	College Station, TX	369	52%	88% / 12%	2%	$112,472	99	100%	—
9	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Blacksburg, VA	102	55%	95% / 5%	9%	$103,948	98	84%	—
10	Ohio State Columbus, OH	Columbus, OH	266	49%	88% / 12%	10%	$103,893	97	95%	—
11	Pennsylvania State University Park, PA	University Park, PA	126	55%	91% / 9%	13%	$96,752	95	97%	—

Ohm My God

Elite institutions where EE is basically treated as math. They can easily derive a Fourier transform in their sleep, but they might call a professional electrician if asked to change a lightbulb.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Caltech Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	12	4%	67% / 33%	8%	$148,501	100	—	—
2	Princeton Princeton, NJ	Princeton, NJ	61	4%	69% / 31%	10%	$141,806	100	—	—
3	Columbia New York, NY	New York, NY	41	4%	73% / 27%	22%	$113,342	97	88%	—
4	U. of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	—	11%	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	U. of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	27	5%	59% / 41%	19%	$150,663	100	—	—
6	Harvard Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	9	4%	44% / 56%	22%	$143,934	100	—	—
7	Northwestern Evanston, IL	Evanston, IL	14	7%	79% / 21%	21%	$133,997	99	—	—
8	Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	17	6%	76% / 24%	29%	$120,077	98	95%	—
9	Rice Houston, TX	Houston, TX	43	8%	70% / 30%	19%	$141,021	100	100%	—
10	Duke Durham, NC	Durham, NC	—	5%	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Yale New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	7	3%	57% / 43%	14%	$145,624	100	94%	—
12	Brown Providence, RI	Providence, RI	10	6%	70% / 30%	10%	—	—	—	—
13	U. of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame, IN	42	9%	62% / 38%	7%	$117,938	98	97%	—
14	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Saint Louis, MO	37	12%	70% / 30%	27%	$124,001	98	—	—
15	New York University New York, NY	New York, NY	35	9%	69% / 31%	17%	$95,365	90	98%	—
16	U. of Rochester Rochester, NY	Rochester, NY	57	42%	79% / 21%	44%	$106,230	95	94%	—
17	Case Western Reserve Cleveland, OH	Cleveland, OH	48	35%	88% / 13%	21%	$117,623	98	93%	—
18	Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA	Santa Clara, CA	15	48%	93% / 7%	7%	$123,045	99	100%	—

Soldering Iron Burn Victims

Military academies and hardcore tech institutes where you aren't allowed to graduate until you've accidentally shocked yourself with 120 volts and built a fully functioning ham radio out of garbage.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employ
1	Harvey Mudd Claremont, CA	Claremont, CA	—	12%	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	Golden, CO	178	29%	79% / 21%	2%	$99,661	95	95%	—
3	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	Terre Haute, IN	42	81%	71% / 29%	5%	$101,771	93	91%	—
4	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	Annapolis, MD	23	9%	70% / 30%	4%	$97,670	—	—	—
5	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	West Point, NY	19	12%	84% / 16%	0%	$98,234	—	—	—
6	United States Air Force Academy Usaf Academy, CO	Usaf Academy, CO	39	12%	74% / 26%	5%	$100,248	—	—	—
7	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Troy, NY	67	63%	87% / 13%	27%	$112,539	97	95%	—
8	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	Rochester, NY	92	71%	87% / 13%	3%	$105,777	96	—	—
9	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	Hoboken, NJ	42	51%	90% / 10%	0%	$117,618	98	96%	—
10	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	24	66%	71% / 29%	13%	$100,975	95	100%	—
11	Kettering Flint, MI	Flint, MI	37	68%	89% / 11%	3%	$101,211	95	100%	—
12	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee, WI	51	67%	86% / 14%	6%	$89,850	88	96%	—

Short Circuit Survivors

Massive state programs running on pure caffeine and spite. They survived the brutal weed-out calculus sequence and are now fully prepared to keep the physical world from plunging into the dark ages.