by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 Massachusetts Amherst. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in EE, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UMass Amherst was $1,673 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $779 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,014 | $30,120 |
| Fees | $2,221 | $2,221 |
EE who receive their master’s degree from UMass Amherst make an average of $93,342 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $93,106.
Online degrees for the UMass Amherst EE master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UMass Amherst Online Learning page.
Women made up around 22.7% of the EE students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 23.2%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in EE at UMass Amherst in 2019-2020, 5.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 14%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 38 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 23 |
Electrical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 75 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | 1 |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 |
| Civil Engineering | 17 |
| Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 23 |
*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.
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