2024 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Oregon
4Colleges in Oregon
359EE Degrees Awarded
$75,216Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a degree in electrical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #39 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for electrical engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 359 degrees in electrical engineering to qualified students.
The ee program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Electrical Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Electrical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The ee school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Oregon.
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The schools below may not offer all types of ee degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Oregon State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #210 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Oregon State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 204 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent data year. After graduation, ee degree recipients generally earn an average of $70,654 in the first five years of their career.
It's difficult to beat University of Portland if you want to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Portland. A Best Colleges rank of #231 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Portland is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Portland in the most recent data year. After graduating, ee degree recipients generally make around $68,084 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student who is interested in electrical engineering has to look into Portland State University. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 81 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent year we have data available. Those electrical engineering students who get their degree from Portland State University make $10,119 more than the standard ee grad.
Oregon Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the town of Klamath Falls, OIT is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 10th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 36 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at OIT in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the ee program earn about $71,236 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The ee program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Electrical Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Electrical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
