Resistance Is Not Futile

Shockingly Elite

The absolute pinnacle of Electrical 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	5-Year Earn
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	58	5%	59% / 41%	3%	$184,536	—
2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Stanford, CA	40	4%	70% / 30%	8%	$216,079	—
3	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	Champaign, IL	235	43%	82% / 18%	40%	$104,069	—
4	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	151	15%	83% / 17%	11%	$132,380	—
5	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	—	11%	—	—	—	—
6	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	Ann Arbor, MI	100	15%	81% / 19%	7%	$136,574	—
7	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	192	11%	64% / 36%	27%	$183,835	—
8	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	72	7%	58% / 42%	17%	$122,604	—

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	5-Year Earn
1	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Austin, TX	312	25%	81% / 19%	3%	$153,236	—
2	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	West Lafayette, IN	211	50%	83% / 17%	26%	$104,059	—
3	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	146	9%	82% / 18%	14%	$120,345	—
4	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	La Jolla, CA	176	24%	85% / 15%	14%	$115,908	—
5	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA	169	44%	78% / 22%	19%	$137,141	—
6	University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	Madison, WI	90	43%	76% / 24%	21%	$122,809	—
7	University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	College Park, MD	99	42%	88% / 12%	3%	$103,902	—
8	Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX	College Station, TX	319	47%	86% / 14%	4%	$110,612	—
9	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Blacksburg, VA	107	42%	85% / 15%	17%	$102,126	—
10	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Columbus, OH	244	53%	88% / 12%	9%	$118,538	—
11	Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	University Park, PA	133	55%	92% / 8%	23%	$95,011	—

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	5-Year Earn
1	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	13	3%	85% / 15%	8%	—	—
2	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Princeton, NJ	47	4%	57% / 43%	6%	—	—
3	Columbia University New York, NY	New York, NY	24	4%	71% / 29%	21%	$124,440	—
4	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	50	9%	70% / 30%	12%	—	—
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	18	4%	61% / 39%	11%	—	—
6	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	10	3%	60% / 40%	30%	—	—
7	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Evanston, IL	21	7%	76% / 24%	10%	—	—
8	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	17	5%	65% / 35%	18%	$127,060	—
9	Rice University Houston, TX	Houston, TX	36	8%	83% / 17%	11%	$143,404	—
10	Duke University Durham, NC	Durham, NC	—	5%	—	—	—	—
11	Yale University New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	14	4%	86% / 14%	14%	—	—
12	Brown University Providence, RI	Providence, RI	—	5%	—	—	—	—
13	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame, IN	45	9%	73% / 27%	0%	$124,793	—
14	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Saint Louis, MO	25	8%	64% / 36%	20%	—	—
15	New York University New York, NY	New York, NY	36	8%	83% / 17%	33%	$110,911	—

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	5-Year Earn
1	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Claremont, CA	—	9%	—	—	—	—
2	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	Terre Haute, IN	41	55%	85% / 15%	7%	$106,535	—
3	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	Annapolis, MD	15	9%	100% / 0%	0%	—	—
4	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	West Point, NY	19	9%	84% / 16%	11%	—	—
5	United States Air Force Academy Usaf Academy, CO	Usaf Academy, CO	18	11%	83% / 17%	0%	—	—
6	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	New York, NY	34	12%	68% / 32%	12%	—	—
7	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Troy, NY	68	52%	85% / 15%	21%	$107,481	—
8	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	Rochester, NY	100	55%	86% / 14%	4%	—	—
9	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	19	55%	79% / 21%	11%	$103,342	—
10	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee, WI	53	55%	85% / 15%	8%	$93,552	—
11	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	Daytona Beach, FL	14	55%	100% / 0%	0%	—	—

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.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Santa Barbara, CA	58	26%	81% / 19%	9%	$96,341	—
2	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	Raleigh, NC	165	40%	80% / 20%	5%	$104,062	—
3	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Boulder, CO	93	75%	86% / 14%	12%	$121,111	—
4	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Gainesville, FL	111	23%	77% / 23%	0%	$100,138	—
5	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Davis, CA	106	37%	80% / 20%	12%	—	—
6	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Irvine, CA	83	21%	92% / 8%	16%	$91,381	—
7	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Tempe, AZ	187	88%	86% / 14%	11%	$111,321	—
8	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Charlottesville, VA	26	13%	77% / 23%	4%	$113,167	—
9	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	East Lansing, MI	105	65%	83% / 17%	12%	$121,747	—
10	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Ames, IA	98	85%	90% / 10%	10%	$137,657	—
11	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Salt Lake City, UT	53	82%	77% / 23%	0%	$118,941	—
12	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	Corvallis, OR	132	75%	87% / 13%	12%	$100,315	—

Pragmatic Plug-and-Players

Solid regional powerhouses that don't care about academic clout. They just want to make sure you know enough to land a great defense contracting or telecom job before you even remember what a Laplace transform is.