2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Alabama

Electrical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #15 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Alabama ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 21 doctor's degrees in electrical engineering to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Electrical Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in EE matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Alabama ranking is to help you make that choice.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of electrical engineering students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for electrical engineering.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Electrical Engineering in Alabama

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for EE Students Working on Their Doctorate

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University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Alabama in Huntsville is a popular decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Huntsville, UAH is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in electrical engineering in Alabama.

There were approximately 7 electrical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UAH in the most recent data year.

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Auburn University
Auburn, AL

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Auburn University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Auburn. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in electrical engineering in Alabama.

There were approximately 7 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent year we have data available.

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The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

The University of Alabama is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. UA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tuscaloosa. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in electrical engineering in Alabama.

There were approximately 7 electrical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	143	105
Virginia	126	56
Georgia	124	83
North Carolina	113	82
Louisiana	99	11
Tennessee	98	26
South Carolina	88	13
Kentucky	86	15
Mississippi	72	7

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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 40 majors within the Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

EE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	21

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Civil Engineering	31
Mechanical Engineering	24
Industrial Engineering	17
Computer Engineering	14
Other Engineering	12
Chemical Engineering	10
Materials Engineering	6
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	6
Biomedical Engineering	3
Biological Engineering	2

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.