The main focus area for this major is Electrical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Electrical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at The University of Texas at Austin. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in EE, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for EE majors, UT Austin came in at #15. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for UT Austin.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UT Austin paid an average of $1,795 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $542 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,448 | $40,032 |
Books and Supplies | $714 | $714 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,286 | $12,286 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,480 | $4,480 |
Learn more about UT Austin tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UT Austin in EE walked away with an average of $21,000 in student debt. That is 11% lower than the national average of $23,573.
The median early career salary of EE students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UT Austin is $82,440 per year. That is 24% higher than the national average of $66,265.
Online degrees for the UT Austin EE bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UT Austin Online Learning page.
About 18.7% of the students who received their BS in EE in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 61.3% of the EE bachelor’s degrees at UT Austin in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 161 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 38 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 103 |
International Students | 23 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 28 |
Electrical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical Engineering | 359 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 168 |
Architectural Engineering | 34 |
Biomedical Engineering | 131 |
Chemical Engineering | 180 |
Civil Engineering | 144 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.