Best Universities for Electrical Engineering in North America

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Electrical Engineering. A graph of 83M citations received by 2.35M academic papers made by 917 universities in North America was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

2. Stanford University

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

4. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1430
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
73%

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

6. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Electrical Engineering

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

7. University of California - Los Angeles

For Electrical Engineering

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

8. University of Texas at Austin

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

9. Pennsylvania State University

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

10. California Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

11. University of Toronto

For Electrical Engineering

#1 in Canada
#19 in the World
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

12. Cornell University

For Electrical Engineering

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

13. Princeton University

For Electrical Engineering

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

14. Purdue University

For Electrical Engineering

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

15. University of California-San Diego

For Electrical Engineering

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

16. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Electrical Engineering

#30 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,732
Enrollment
26,068

17. Harvard University

For Electrical Engineering

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

18. University of Maryland - College Park

For Electrical Engineering

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

19. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Electrical Engineering

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

20. University of Washington - Seattle

For Electrical Engineering

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

21. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Electrical Engineering

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

22. Carnegie Mellon University

For Electrical Engineering

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

23. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Electrical Engineering

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

24. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Electrical Engineering

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

25. University of Southern California

For Electrical Engineering

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

26. Ohio State University

For Electrical Engineering

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

27. University of Waterloo

For Electrical Engineering

#2 in Canada
#54 in the World
Founded
1957

28. University of Notre Dame

For Electrical Engineering

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,083

29. University of Florida

For Electrical Engineering

#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

30. Columbia University

For Electrical Engineering

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

31. Northwestern University

For Electrical Engineering

#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

32. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Electrical Engineering

#68 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
68%

33. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Electrical Engineering

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

34. University of British Columbia

For Electrical Engineering

#3 in Canada
#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

35. University of Pennsylvania

For Electrical Engineering

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

36. University of Colorado Boulder

For Electrical Engineering

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
66%

37. University of California - Davis

For Electrical Engineering

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

38. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Electrical Engineering

#91 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

39. University of Alberta

For Electrical Engineering

#4 in Canada
#98 in the World
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

40. Johns Hopkins University

For Electrical Engineering

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

41. Yale University

For Electrical Engineering

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

42. Duke University

For Electrical Engineering

#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

43. University of Arizona

For Electrical Engineering

#108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

44. Michigan State University

For Electrical Engineering

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

45. University of California - Irvine

For Electrical Engineering

#110 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

46. Iowa State University

For Electrical Engineering

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

47. McGill University

For Electrical Engineering

#5 in Canada
#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

48. University of Rochester

For Electrical Engineering

#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

49. University of Virginia

For Electrical Engineering

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

50. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Electrical Engineering

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$35,940

51. New York University

For Electrical Engineering

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

52. McMaster University

For Electrical Engineering

#6 in Canada
#151 in the World
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

53. Rice University

For Electrical Engineering

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,587

54. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Electrical Engineering

#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
90%

55. University of Utah

For Electrical Engineering

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

56. University of Central Florida

For Electrical Engineering

#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
91%

57. University of Chicago

For Electrical Engineering

#170 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

58. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Electrical Engineering

#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

59. University of Calgary

For Electrical Engineering

#7 in Canada
#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

60. University of Pittsburgh

For Electrical Engineering

#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

61. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Electrical Engineering

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

62. Northeastern University

For Electrical Engineering

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$34,770

63. Boston University

For Electrical Engineering

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

64. Concordia University

For Electrical Engineering

#8 in Canada
#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1974

65. Stony Brook University

For Electrical Engineering

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

66. University of Connecticut

For Electrical Engineering

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

67. University of Delaware

For Electrical Engineering

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
92%

68. University at Buffalo

For Electrical Engineering

#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

69. University of Houston

For Electrical Engineering

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

70. Queen's University

For Electrical Engineering

#9 in Canada
#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
30,386
Founded
1841

71. University of South Florida

For Electrical Engineering

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

72. Case Western Reserve University

For Electrical Engineering

#214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,351

73. University of Nebraska - Lincoln

For Electrical Engineering

#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

74. Washington University in St Louis

For Electrical Engineering

#218 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

75. Oregon State University

For Electrical Engineering

#219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$9,922
Enrollment
35,622

76. University of Ottawa

For Electrical Engineering

#10 in Canada
#222 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

77. Western University

For Electrical Engineering

#11 in Canada
#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

78. University of California - Riverside

For Electrical Engineering

#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$21,566
Enrollment
26,426

79. University of Texas at Dallas

For Electrical Engineering

#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

80. University of New Mexico

For Electrical Engineering

#241 in the World
Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1030
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
100%

81. Drexel University

For Electrical Engineering

#242 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$42,342

82. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Electrical Engineering

#251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

83. Vanderbilt University

For Electrical Engineering

#258 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

84. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Electrical Engineering

#259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

85. Clemson University

For Electrical Engineering

#263 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
84%

86. Polytechnic School of Montreal

For Electrical Engineering

#12 in Canada
#268 in the World
Enrollment
9,476
Founded
1873

87. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Electrical Engineering

#275 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
74%
Average Aid
$10,554
Enrollment
33,500

88. Illinois Institute of Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#284 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$25,001

89. Florida State University

For Electrical Engineering

#285 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

90. Missouri University of Science and Technology

For Electrical Engineering

#288 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1264
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
98%

91. Carleton University

For Electrical Engineering

#13 in Canada
#290 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
9,109
Founded
1942

92. University of Montreal

For Electrical Engineering

#14 in Canada
#292 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

93. University of Iowa

For Electrical Engineering

#293 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

94. University of Victoria

For Electrical Engineering

#15 in Canada
#294 in the World
Enrollment
15,999
Founded
1963

95. Auburn University

For Electrical Engineering

#303 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
81%

96. University of Kentucky

For Electrical Engineering

#314 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

97. Simon Fraser University

For Electrical Engineering

#16 in Canada
#316 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

98. University of Manitoba

For Electrical Engineering

#17 in Canada
#318 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
29,800
Founded
1877

99. Brown University

For Electrical Engineering

#320 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,608

100. Washington State University

For Electrical Engineering

#321 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$10,370
Enrollment
26,490