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 Minnesota - Twin Cities. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UMN Twin Cities was ranked #81 on College Factual's Best Schools for EE list. It is also ranked #2 in Minnesota.
Here are some of the other rankings for UMN Twin Cities.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UMN Twin Cities was $1,216 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $512 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 | $13,318 | $31,616 |
Fees | $1,709 | $1,709 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,358 | $10,358 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,442 | $2,442 |
Learn more about UMN Twin Cities 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 UMN Twin Cities in EE walked away with an average of $23,167 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $23,573.
EE who receive their bachelor’s degree from UMN Twin Cities make an average of $69,338 a year during the early days of their career. That is 5% higher than the national average of $66,265.
UMN Twin Cities does not offer an online option for its EE bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UMN Twin Cities Online Learning page.
Women made up around 23.9% of the EE students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 15.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in EE at UMN Twin Cities in 2019-2020, 22.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 12 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 50 |
International Students | 17 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Electrical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Electrical Engineering | 88 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 76 |
Agricultural Engineering | 44 |
Biomedical Engineering | 90 |
Chemical Engineering | 115 |
Civil Engineering | 49 |
*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.