by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Electrical Engineering is the 39th most popular major in the country with 28,844 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $74,380 and had an average of $24,114 in loans still to pay off.
Across Indiana, there were 730 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,202 and $25,051 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 196 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,681 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in electrical engineering.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Northwest. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana. Purdue University Northwest is a public institution located in Hammond, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Purdue University Northwest Electrical Engineering Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 96 masters’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 49 masters’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Electrical Engineering at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Notre Dame. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on EE Major in Indiana list. Notre Dame is a fairly large school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 12 masters’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Notre Dame
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