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2024 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Wisconsin

5 Colleges in Wisconsin
465 EE Degrees Awarded
$68,927 Avg Early-Career Salary
Electrical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #39 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for electrical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 465 degrees in electrical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Electrical Engineering School

Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Wisconsin Your choice of electrical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for electrical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Electrical Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in EE
Master's Degrees in EE
Doctor's Degrees in EE

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.


 

Best Schools for Electrical Engineering in Wisconsin

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ee degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Wisconsin Schools in EE

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
241 EE Degrees Awarded
$70,596 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in electrical engineering has to check out University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.

There were about 241 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the ee program earn about $70,596 for their early career.

More information about a degree in electrical engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison

2
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Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
35 EE Degrees Awarded
$70,220 Median Starting Salary

Marquette University is a good option for students interested in a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #130 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.

There were about 35 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the ee program make around $70,220 for their early career.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
77 EE Degrees Awarded
$68,272 Median Starting Salary

Milwaukee School of Engineering is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MSOE is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. This school ranks 15th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.

There were approximately 77 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at MSOE in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the ee program earn around $68,272 in the first couple years of their career.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
62 EE Degrees Awarded
$69,776 Median Starting Salary

University of Wisconsin - Platteville is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in electrical engineering. UW - Platteville is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Platteville. This university ranks 17th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.

There were roughly 62 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Platteville in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the ee program earn an average of $69,776 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a degree in electrical engineering from University of Wisconsin - Platteville

5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
50 EE Degrees Awarded
26.0% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.

There were about 50 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the ee program make an average of $65,770 for their early career.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 322 1,132
Ohio 314 1,148
Illinois 304 1,029
Indiana 294 730

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One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

EE Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 451
Other Electrical Engineering 14

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 855
Civil Engineering 410
Biomedical Engineering 327
Computer Engineering 272
Industrial Engineering 268
General Engineering 211
Chemical Engineering 147
Materials Engineering 77
Agricultural Engineering 75
Environmental Engineering 72

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