The main focus area for this major is Electrical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Electrical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of Wisconsin - Madison. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in EE, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. UW - Madison is in the top 10% of the country for EE. More specifically it was ranked #31 out of 325 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in Wisconsin.
Here are some of the other rankings for UW - Madison.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UW - Madison paid an average of $1,548 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $386 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 | $9,273 | $37,161 |
Fees | $1,469 | $1,469 |
Books and Supplies | $1,150 | $1,150 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,200 | $12,200 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,066 | $3,066 |
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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. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UW - Madison in EE walked away with an average of $25,250 in student debt. That is 7% higher than the national average of $23,573.
The median early career salary of EE students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UW - Madison is $68,079 per year. That is 3% higher than the national average of $66,265.
UW - Madison does not offer an online option for its EE bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UW - Madison Online Learning page.
About 15.7% of the students who received their BS in EE in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 15.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 14.0% of the EE bachelor’s degrees at UW - Madison in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 8 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 79 |
International Students | 25 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Electrical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical Engineering | 121 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Engineering | 61 |
Biomedical Engineering | 81 |
Chemical Engineering | 113 |
Civil Engineering | 108 |
Computer Engineering | 98 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.