2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Georgia

If you pursue a master's degree in electrical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #22 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the most popular for electrical engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 420 master's degrees in electrical engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in EE matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Georgia 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. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Electrical Engineering Schools

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. Plus, you can view our other rankings for electrical engineering.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Electrical Engineering in Georgia

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for electrical engineering students seeking a a master's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for EE Students Working on Their Master's

1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

395 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a master's degree in electrical engineering. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in electrical engineering in Georgia.

There were roughly 395 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

Students who graduate with their master's from the EE program report average early career wages of $96,400.

More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

2

Mercer University
Macon, GA

14 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In GA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in electrical engineering has to look into Mercer University. Mercer is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Macon. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in electrical engineering in Georgia.

There were roughly 14 electrical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Mercer in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from Mercer University

3

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

11 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In GA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Georgia Southern University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in electrical engineering. GaSou is a very large public university located in the distant town of Statesboro. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in electrical engineering in Georgia.

There were about 11 electrical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at GaSou in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from Georgia Southern University

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	412
Virginia	175	108
North Carolina	167	286
Tennessee	156	55
Alabama	147	58
South Carolina	141	39
Louisiana	140	12
Kentucky	140	39
Mississippi	120	7
Arkansas	119	30
West Virginia	108	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to EE

Electrical Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

EE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	420

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	272
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	141
Civil Engineering	98
Industrial Engineering	65
Biomedical Engineering	64
Systems Engineering	43
Computer Engineering	38
Operations Research	36
Environmental Engineering	34
Materials Engineering	32

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.