Electrical Engineering
- Electrical Engineers design, develop, and test the manufacture of electrical equipment. Some of this equipment includes electric motors, machinery controls, and wiring.
- The starting salary of an electrical engineer with a bachelor degree in science is around $60,000. While the average salary of an electrical engineer is around $80,000.
- The number of electrical engineers employed at this time is around 158,000 and the number of electrical engineers employed is expected to rise by around 2% in the next eight years.
- It is among the medium employed engineering jobs in the country with agricultural being the lowest and around 3,000 employed, and civil being the highest at around 290,000 employed.
- The top three schools for electrical engineering are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkely
- A bachelors degree in engineering is required for all engineering entry-level jobs. Graduates with a degree in natural science or mathematics may qualify for some engineering jobs.
- Graduate training is needed for an engineering faculty position and some research and development programs.
