2024 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania
14
Colleges in Pennsylvania
1,590
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 1,590 degrees in electrical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Electrical Engineering School
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
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
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In PA
548
EE Degrees Awarded
Carnegie Mellon University is a great option for students interested in a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were roughly 548 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In PA
116
EE Degrees Awarded
Every student pursuing a degree in electrical engineering has to check out University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 116 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from University of Pennsylvania
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
8th
Most Popular In PA
42
EE Degrees Awarded
Villanova University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Villanova is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Villanova in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In PA
134
EE Degrees Awarded
Every student who is interested in electrical engineering needs to look into University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #79 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 134 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Located in the 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 approximately 18 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Bucknell in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from Bucknell University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In PA
85
EE Degrees Awarded
Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 85 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
7th
Most Popular In PA
45
EE Degrees Awarded
Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #71 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were approximately 45 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
6th
Most Popular In PA
83
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 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 83 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from Temple University
Lafayette is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Easton. A Best Colleges rank of #96 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Lafayette is a great college overall.
There were roughly 16 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in electrical engineering from Lafayette College
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
10th
Most Popular In PA
Wilkes is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Wilkes-Barre. This university ranks 41st out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 19 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
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