Career Placement Outcomes - Electrical Engineering

Doctoral Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
77.2% 0.8% 0.8% 2.9% 81.5 %

Master's Students Between 2011 and 2018

Employed In-field Employed Out-of-field Continuing Education Seeking Response rate:
41.1% 0.6% 22.6% 5.7% 69.8 %

* The above data are based on an employment survey completed within 6 months after graduation. If the percentages do not add up to 100%, the remaining graduates were not seeking employment at the 6-month mark.

Roles and Workspace for 2019-2021 Doctoral and Master's Graduates

  4-year college/master's university For-profit company: Agriculture For-profit company: Information Technology For-profit company: Manufacturing For-profit company: Retail For-profit company: Service Sector For-profit company: Transportation Government Non-profit Research university Other
Engineering 2 1 9 13 1 1 1 1 1 4 5
Faculty                   1  
Postdoc           1       5  
Product Development                     1
Research Staff 1                 1  
Other 1               1 1  

Employment Statistics: National Science Board (NSB) infographic of long-term career trajectories show the diverse possibilities for this discipline.

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