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Overview for Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of electrical, electronic and related communications systems and their components, including electrical power generation systems; and the analysis of problems such as superconductor, wave propagation, energy storage and retrieval, and reception and amplification.

Careers for Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Majors

A major in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Top 13 Massachusetts Colleges with the highest percentage of Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA
 17
(27.4%)
 $35,375 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
 85
(12.6%)
Moderately Selective$36,390 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
 89
(7.3%)
Most Selective$37,510 
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Western New England College
Springfield, MA
 25
(3.8%)
Less Selective$27,470 
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA
 40
(2.9%)
Less Selective$21,028 
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
 12
(2.8%)
Less Selective$28,658 
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
 77
(2.3%)
Highly Selective$33,721 
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Tufts University
Medford, MA
 29
(2.1%)
Most Selective$38,840 
Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy, MA
 2
(1.3%)
Moderately Selective$22,014 
Boston University
Boston, MA
 50
(1.2%)
Moderately Selective$37,050 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.