2025 Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a master's degree in electrical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 278 master's degrees in electrical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to electrical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of electrical engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt electrical engineering students go into to obtain their master'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for electrical engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Electrical Engineering Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Electrical Engineering in Maryland

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for electrical engineering students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in EE

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

208 Annual Graduates

$126,664 Median Starting Salary

Johns Hopkins University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in electrical engineering. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

After graduation, ee master's recipients generally make about $126,664 in their early careers.

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

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

62 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in electrical engineering has to check out University of Maryland - College Park. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from University of Maryland - College Park

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	668
Pennsylvania	248	609
New Jersey	188	249
District of Columbia	154	89
Delaware	109	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to EE

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

EE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	246
Telecommunications Engineering	32

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	380
Biomedical Engineering	270
Systems Engineering	198
Mechanical Engineering	171
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	140
Chemical Engineering	79
Robotics Engineering	60
Environmental Engineering	54
Materials Engineering	37
Civil Engineering	31

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.