2025 Best Electrical and Computer Engineering. Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in electrical and computer engineering., you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #116 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for electrical and computer engineering. students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 88 doctor's degrees in electrical and computer engineering. to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 and computer engineering. students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other electrical and computer engineering. students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 and computer engineering. students go into to obtain their doctor'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 and computer engineering. related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for electrical and computer engineering. students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Electrical and Computer Engineering. Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Electrical and Computer Engineering. Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Electrical and Computer Engineering. in Texas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical and computer engineering..

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

1

Rice University
Houston, TX

20 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Rice University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in electrical and computer engineering.. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering. from Rice University

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

56 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in electrical and computer engineering.. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering. from The University of Texas at Austin

Best Electrical and Computer Engineering. Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Electrical and Computer Engineering. Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Electrical and Computer Engineering. Related Rankings by Major

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

Electrical and Computer Engineering. Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	88

Majors Similar to Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	176
Civil Engineering	143
Electrical Engineering	139
Biomedical Engineering	126
Chemical Engineering	114
Materials Engineering	99
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	41
Petroleum Engineering	38
Industrial Engineering	32
General Engineering	23

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.