Resistance Is Not Futile

Shockingly Elite

The absolute pinnacle of Electrical & Computer Engineering. They treat Maxwell's equations as light bedside reading, and if the modern world relies on a circuit, a graduate from one of these programs probably designed it.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	MIT Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	58	5%	59% / 41%	3%	$184,536	—
2	Stanford Stanford, CA	Stanford, CA	40	4%	70% / 30%	8%	$216,079	—
3	U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	Champaign, IL	627	37%	84% / 16%	36%	$124,952	—
4	Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	322	13%	83% / 17%	15%	$133,883	—
5	U. of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Berkeley, CA	0	11%	—	—	—	—
6	U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	Ann Arbor, MI	214	16%	81% / 19%	12%	$147,666	—
7	Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh, PA	192	11%	64% / 36%	27%	$183,835	—
8	Cornell Ithaca, NY	Ithaca, NY	72	7%	58% / 42%	17%	$122,604	—

Dangerously Grounded

Giant public powerhouses where the power systems labs look like supervillain lairs. They pump out enough battle-hardened graduates to single-handedly staff every utility company and semiconductor fab on Earth.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	U. of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Austin, TX	312	22%	81% / 19%	3%	$153,236	—
2	Purdue West Lafayette, IN	West Lafayette, IN	581	43%	85% / 15%	28%	$119,528	—
3	UCLA Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	252	9%	81% / 19%	15%	$141,056	—
4	U. of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	La Jolla, CA	383	29%	87% / 13%	20%	$139,501	—
5	U. of Washington Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA	169	42%	78% / 22%	19%	$137,141	—
6	U. of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI	Madison, WI	165	41%	78% / 22%	22%	$138,021	—
7	U. of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	College Park, MD	193	45%	88% / 12%	4%	$103,902	—
8	Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX	College Station, TX	480	52%	87% / 13%	5%	$114,767	—
9	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Blacksburg, VA	299	47%	85% / 15%	16%	$115,122	—
10	Ohio State Columbus, OH	Columbus, OH	244	49%	88% / 12%	9%	$118,538	—
11	Pennsylvania State University Park, PA	University Park, PA	204	55%	93% / 7%	24%	$105,905	—

Ohm My God

Elite institutions where EE is basically treated as math. They can easily derive a Fourier transform in their sleep, but they might call a professional electrician if asked to change a lightbulb.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Caltech Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA	13	4%	85% / 15%	8%	—	—
2	Princeton Princeton, NJ	Princeton, NJ	47	4%	57% / 43%	6%	—	—
3	Columbia New York, NY	New York, NY	49	4%	73% / 27%	14%	$124,440	—
4	U. of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	50	12%	70% / 30%	12%	—	—
5	U. of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia, PA	29	4%	62% / 38%	17%	—	—
6	Harvard Cambridge, MA	Cambridge, MA	10	3%	60% / 40%	30%	—	—
7	Northwestern Evanston, IL	Evanston, IL	42	7%	76% / 24%	14%	$140,300	—
8	Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD	Baltimore, MD	25	6%	60% / 40%	16%	$127,060	—
9	Rice Houston, TX	Houston, TX	36	8%	83% / 17%	11%	$143,404	—
10	Duke Durham, NC	Durham, NC	92	5%	80% / 20%	4%	$185,765	—
11	Yale New Haven, CT	New Haven, CT	14	4%	86% / 14%	14%	—	—
12	Brown Providence, RI	Providence, RI	—	5%	—	—	—	—
13	U. of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Notre Dame, IN	62	9%	71% / 29%	2%	$124,793	—
14	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Saint Louis, MO	42	8%	64% / 36%	17%	—	—
15	New York University New York, NY	New York, NY	82	9%	78% / 22%	32%	$104,845	—

Soldering Iron Burn Victims

Military academies and hardcore tech institutes where you aren't allowed to graduate until you've accidentally shocked yourself with 120 volts and built a fully functioning ham radio out of garbage.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	Harvey Mudd Claremont, CA	Claremont, CA	—	9%	—	—	—	—
2	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	Terre Haute, IN	68	79%	84% / 16%	9%	$117,558	—
3	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	Annapolis, MD	31	9%	94% / 6%	0%	—	—
4	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	West Point, NY	19	9%	84% / 16%	11%	—	—
5	United States Air Force Academy Usaf Academy, CO	Usaf Academy, CO	18	11%	83% / 17%	0%	—	—
6	Cooper Union New York, NY	New York, NY	34	12%	68% / 32%	12%	—	—
7	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	Troy, NY	68	67%	85% / 15%	21%	$107,481	—
8	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	Rochester, NY	154	55%	88% / 12%	6%	$113,881	—
9	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL	61	55%	79% / 21%	23%	$103,896	—
10	Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI	Milwaukee, WI	82	55%	87% / 13%	9%	$98,397	—
11	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	Daytona Beach, FL	21	55%	90% / 10%	0%	$91,117	—

Short Circuit Survivors

Massive state programs running on pure caffeine and spite. They survived the brutal weed-out calculus sequence and are now fully prepared to keep the physical world from plunging into the dark ages.

# ▲	University	Location	Degrees	Accept	Male/Female	Intl	5-Year Earn
1	U. of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Santa Barbara, CA	139	38%	86% / 14%	12%	$112,367	—
2	North Carolina State Raleigh, NC	Raleigh, NC	316	40%	85% / 15%	4%	$110,710	—
3	U. of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Boulder, CO	93	71%	86% / 14%	12%	$121,111	—
4	U. of Florida Gainesville, FL	Gainesville, FL	203	23%	78% / 22%	1%	$109,117	—
5	U. of California, Davis Davis, CA	Davis, CA	224	44%	80% / 20%	12%	$129,770	—
6	U. of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Irvine, CA	256	29%	88% / 12%	19%	$98,548	—
7	Arizona State Tempe, AZ	Tempe, AZ	187	88%	86% / 14%	11%	$111,321	—
8	U. of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Charlottesville, VA	72	12%	86% / 14%	3%	$128,993	—
9	Michigan State East Lansing, MI	East Lansing, MI	151	83%	84% / 16%	12%	$117,662	—
10	Iowa State Ames, IA	Ames, IA	173	85%	90% / 10%	8%	$132,201	—
11	U. of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Salt Lake City, UT	85	82%	79% / 21%	2%	$118,941	—
12	Oregon State Corvallis, OR	Corvallis, OR	132	75%	87% / 13%	12%	$100,315	—

Pragmatic Plug-and-Players

Solid regional powerhouses that don't care about academic clout. They just want to make sure you know enough to land a great defense contracting or telecom job before you even remember what a Laplace transform is.