Electrical / Electronic / Communications Engineering

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Students in communications-related programs may specialize in areas such as telecommunications, new media, or wireless and mobile engineering. These are the top graduate schools for electrical / electronic / communications engineering.

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Rank School name Score Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Additional data
#36 Yale University

New Haven, CT

3.1 $35,500 per year (full-time) 217

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#122 Wright State University

Dayton, OH

2.0 $12,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,792 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 490
#67 Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

2.5 $22,302 per year (full-time) 1,057
#113 West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

2.1 $7,804 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,054 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 704
#113 Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

2.1 $618 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,262 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 888
#51 Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

2.8 $42,500 per year (full-time) 775
#60 Washington State University

Pullman, WA

2.6 $11,736 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,168 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 674
#19 Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

3.6 $10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,278
#44 Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

2.9 $1,712 per credit (full-time) 457
#113 Utah State University

Logan, UT

2.1 $5,897 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,044 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 413
#122 University of Wisconsin​‒​Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

2.0 $11,482 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,948 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 393
#14 University of Wisconsin​‒​Madison

Madison, WI

3.8 $11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,903
#26 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

3.5 $13,930 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,030
#40 University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

3.0 $13,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 667
#44 University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

2.9 $5,964 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,454 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,073
#122 University of Texas​‒​San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

2.0 $260 per credit (in-state, full-time); $962 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 562
#60 University of Texas​‒​Dallas (Jonsson)

Richardson, TX

2.6 $11,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,606 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,809
#11 University of Texas​‒​Austin (Cockrell)

Austin, TX

4.1 $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,425
#76 University of Texas​‒​Arlington

Arlington, TX

2.4 $8,558 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,876 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,476
#55 University of Tennessee​‒​Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

2.7 $10,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,768 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,000
#14 University of Southern California (Viterbi)

Los Angeles, CA

3.8 $28,242 per year (full-time) 4,398
#89 University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

2.3 $10,410 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,600 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 822
#113 University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

2.1 $12,010 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,534 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 534
#67 University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

2.5 $1,340 per credit (full-time) 547
#113 University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

2.1 $11,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,606 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 230

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