2025 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio

If you pursue a doctor's degree in electrical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #13 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for electrical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 93 doctor's degrees in electrical engineering to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on electrical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of electrical engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt electrical engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized electrical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Electrical Engineering in Ohio

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for electrical engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Ohio Schools for a Doctorate in EE

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

40 Annual Graduates

Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

23 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Dayton if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Dayton.More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from University of Dayton

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	86
Michigan	149	67
Indiana	132	96
Wisconsin	108	31

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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

EE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	83
Optical Enginering	10

Most Popular Majors Related to EE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	65
Computer Engineering	48
Chemical Engineering	46
Biomedical Engineering	38
Materials Engineering	35
Civil Engineering	27
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	25
Engineering Science	22
General Engineering	21
Polymer & Plastics Engineering	14

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.