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 University of Colorado Boulder. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in EE, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at CU - Boulder was ranked #95 on College Factual's Best Schools for EE list. It is also ranked #2 in Colorado.
Here are some of the other rankings for CU - Boulder.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at CU - Boulder was $2,911 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $447 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 | $10,728 | $34,930 |
Fees | $1,738 | $1,738 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,220 | $15,220 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,556 | $2,556 |
Learn more about CU - Boulder tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at CU - Boulder in EE walked away with an average of $27,445 in student debt. That is 16% higher than the national average of $23,573.
The median early career salary of EE students who receive their bachelor’s degree from CU - Boulder is $67,164 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $66,265.
Online degrees for the CU - Boulder 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 CU - Boulder Online Learning page.
About 20.0% of the students who received their BS in EE in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in EE at CU - Boulder in 2019-2020, 24.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 27 |
International Students | 7 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Electrical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical Engineering | 45 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Engineering | 37 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 220 |
Architectural Engineering | 37 |
Chemical Engineering | 79 |
Civil Engineering | 67 |
*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.