Electrical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #39 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Idaho to determine which ones were the best for electrical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 137 degrees in electrical engineering annually.
The ee program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Electrical Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for electrical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Idaho ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ee degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Idaho is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 56 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the ee program earn an average of $80,700 for their early career.
Brigham Young University - Idaho is a great option for students interested in a degree in electrical engineering. BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Rexburg. This university ranks 5th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were roughly 34 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at BYU - I in the most recent data year. After graduation, ee degree recipients typically earn around $70,563 in their early careers.
It's difficult to beat Boise State University if you want to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. Boise State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boise. A Best Colleges rank of #512 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boise State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 37 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Boise State in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the ee program make an average of $72,832 in their early career salary.
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).