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Largest electrical, electronics, and communications engineering programs in the United States

U.S. electrical, electronics, and communications engineering programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1University of California-BerkeleyBerkeleyPublic, 4-year710
2Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlantaPublic, 4-year606
3Purdue University-Main CampusWest LafayettePublic, 4-year577
4Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghPrivate nonprofit, 4-year556
5Arizona State UniversityTempePublic, 4-year489
6Texas A&M University-College StationCollege StationPublic, 4-year431
7University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaignPublic, 4-year425
8University of California-Los AngelesLos AngelesPublic, 4-year410
9University of California-San DiegoLa JollaPublic, 4-year387
10University of FloridaGainesvillePublic, 4-year384
11North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleighPublic, 4-year367
12Ohio State UniversityColumbusPublic, 4-year359
13University of WashingtonSeattlePublic, 4-year351
14Rutgers UniversityNew BrunswickPublic, 4-year317
15The University of Texas at AustinAustinPublic, 4-year312
16Northeastern UniversityBostonPrivate nonprofit, 4-year307
17Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year285
18Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimorePrivate nonprofit, 4-year262
19University of Central FloridaOrlandoPublic, 4-year258
20University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonPublic, 4-year255
21University of ColoradoBoulderPublic, 4-year252
22Cornell UniversityIthacaPrivate nonprofit, 4-year250
23Stanford UniversityStanfordPrivate nonprofit, 4-year230
24The University of Texas at DallasRichardsonPublic, 4-year228

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.