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2024 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

14 Colleges in Pennsylvania
1,452 EE Degrees Awarded
Ranked #30 in popularity, electrical engineering is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 14 schools in Pennsylvania 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 1,452 degrees in electrical engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Electrical Engineering School

Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

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.

10 Top Pennsylvania Schools in EE

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA
536 EE Degrees Awarded

Carnegie Mellon University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.

There were roughly 536 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In PA
83 EE Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in electrical engineering has to take a look at University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.

There were roughly 83 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.

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3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In PA
45 EE Degrees Awarded

Villanova University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.

There were about 45 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In PA
96 EE Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in electrical engineering has to look into University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #79 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.

There were roughly 96 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.

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Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
12th Most Popular In PA

Located in the distant town of Lewisburg, Bucknell is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #66 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Bucknell is a great university overall.

There were about 12 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent data year.

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In PA
114 EE Degrees Awarded

Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were about 114 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.

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Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
7th Most Popular In PA

Located in the small city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #71 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.

There were about 30 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent data year.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In PA
71 EE Degrees Awarded

Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 71 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.

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9
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
14th Most Popular In PA
5.9% Growth in Graduates

Lafayette is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Easton. A Best Colleges rank of #96 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Lafayette is a great college overall.

There were approximately 17 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lafayette in the most recent data year.

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Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In PA
17.4% Growth in Graduates

Wilkes is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Wilkes-Barre. This university ranks 41st out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were approximately 23 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Wilkes in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in electrical engineering from Wilkes University

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
New York1,0261,703
Maryland618540
New Jersey614749
District of Columbia441123
Delaware34544

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Electrical Engineering is one of 3 different types of Electrical Engineering programs to choose from.

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Other Electrical Engineering1

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