2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

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In 2019-2020, 29,892 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 160 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 112 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 109 students in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at George Washington University

#2

Catholic University of America

Washington, District of Columbia

$50,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 3 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

CUA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Catholic University of America are $50,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Catholic University of America

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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