2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Washington (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 850 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,933 and $18,656 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 142 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Washington (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$108,478 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 95 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at UW Seattle

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 29 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Washington State University Electrical Engineering Report

#3

University of Washington - Bothell Campus

Bothell, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$30,198 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$108,478 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Bothell Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Bothell, Washington, and it awarded 18 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Bothell also took the #3 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Bothell Campus are $30,198, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UW Bothell Electrical Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (With Aid)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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