The main focus area for this major is Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Electronics Engineering Technology is a major offered under the engineering technologies program of study at Purdue University - Main Campus. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in EE tech, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for EE tech majors, Purdue came in at #5. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Indiana.
Here are some of the other rankings for Purdue.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Purdue paid an average of $948 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $348 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,208 | $28,010 |
Fees | $784 | $784 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,030 | $10,030 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,760 | $1,760 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. EE Tech students who received their bachelor’s degree at Purdue took out an average of $25,237 in student loans. That is 20% lower than the national average of $31,705.
The median early career salary of EE tech students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Purdue is $63,253 per year. That is 11% higher than the national average of $57,023.
Online degrees for the Purdue EE tech bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Purdue Online Learning page.
About 10.0% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in EE tech in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 7.1%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in EE tech at Purdue in 2019-2020, 11.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 55 |
International Students | 4 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Electronics Engineering Technology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology | 70 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering Technology | 20 |
Architectural Engineering Technology | 163 |
Industrial Production Technology | 127 |
Mechanical Engineering Technology | 273 |
Engineering-Related Fields | 53 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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