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2024 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Wisconsin

5 Colleges in Wisconsin
433 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 433 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 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
214 EE Degrees Awarded
$70,596 Median Starting Salary

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

There were about 214 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the ee program earn an average of $70,596 in their early career salary.

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

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
40 EE Degrees Awarded
12.5% Growth in Graduates

Marquette University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the large 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 roughly 40 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the ee program earn an average of $70,220 for their early career.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
73 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 roughly 73 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at MSOE in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the ee program make around $68,272 in their early career salary.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
61 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 moderately-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 61 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Platteville in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the ee program earn about $69,776 for their early career.

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

5
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
44 EE Degrees Awarded
$65,770 Median Starting Salary

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

There were approximately 44 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the ee program earn about $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.

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Michigan3221,132
Ohio3141,148
Illinois3041,029
Indiana294730

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

EE Concentrations

MajorAnnual Graduates
Electrical Engineering420
Other Electrical Engineering13

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering896
Civil Engineering358
Biomedical Engineering314
Computer Engineering298
Industrial Engineering233
General Engineering184
Chemical Engineering164
Materials Engineering98
Agricultural Engineering79
Environmental Engineering68

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