2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Oregon

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In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 436 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,350 and $25,237 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 154 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Oregon.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Oregon. Oregon State University is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 51 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Oregon State University

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$100,951 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Oregon. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 103 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Portland State University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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