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Program Details
Virginia Tech
Electrical and Electronics Engineering (14.1001)
Master's Degree

Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes

Electrical Engineering

Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees

Degree Title: MS/MENG

2010 CIP Code: 141001

	Credit Hours	Program Offered
On-Campus:	Yes	Yes
Off-Campus:	Yes	Yes

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees: Before SCHEV

Program authorized for distance learning

Enrollments and Awards
Academic Year	Fall Headcount	Annual FTE	Degrees
2018-19	103	91	63
2019-20	110	112	57
2020-21	93	91	54
2021-22	107	97	47
2022-23	115	101	53

Average time-to-completion in years	Average credits-to-completion	Average monthly earnings six months after graduation
		$ 7,885

The table to the right provides the degree award history of each the last five years, disaggregated by state residency. This breakout may may help explain why a relatively low percentage of program completers may appear to be working in Virginia.

Program Graduates by Domicile
Year	In-State	Out-of-State	Total
2018-19	23	40	63
2019-20	10	47	57
2020-21	9	45	54
2021-22	11	36	47
2022-23	19	34	53
Five Year Summary	72	202	274

Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,

Year	Foreign/ International	African Am. or Black (NH)	Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)	Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)	Hispanic	White, Caucasian Am. (NH)	Multi-Race (NH)	Unknown/ Unreported (NH)	Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years	152	5	0	22	274	10	78	0	274

Wages Earned in 2020

The table below shows the wage data for the select program and places it in the context of all wages at the same degree level of this institution by graduates with at least three (3) quarters of employment.

Post-Completion Wage Outcomes, Earnings in 2022
Graduation Year	Grads (n)	Grads w/Wages (n)	25th Percentile	Median Wage	75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)	290	14%
2013-14 (8 years)	322	17%	$117,894	$150,809	$185,334
2016-17 (5 years)	314	17%	$127,907	$148,671	$175,317
2018-19 (3 years)	321	13%
2020-21 (18 months)	309	10%

Student Debt of Graduates

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	27	8.7%	$ 12,223	$ 20,500	$ 19,905	$ 24,926
2014-15 to 2018-19	29	9.0%	$ 12,530	$ 20,500	$ 20,230	$ 24,926
2015-16 to 2019-20	23	7.4%	$ 12,530	$ 20,500	$ 20,370	$ 29,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	20	6.5%	$ 13,657	$ 17,209	$ 19,525	$ 23,162
2017-18 to 2021-22	15	5.3%	$ 12,530	$ 17,057	$ 18,522	$ 21,397

Note: Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity is not available.

Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation, Including Parent-PLUS and Grad-PLUS
	Borrowers (n)	Borrowers (%)	25th Percentile	Median	Mean	75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-18	28	9.0%	$ 11,612	$ 20,500	$ 20,190	$ 26,963
2014-15 to 2018-19	30	9.3%	$ 12,500	$ 19,642	$ 20,905	$ 29,000
2015-16 to 2019-20	24	7.8%	$ 12,515	$ 20,375	$ 20,979	$ 29,000
2016-17 to 2020-21	20	6.5%	$ 13,689	$ 18,072	$ 20,580	$ 26,963
2017-18 to 2021-22	15	5.3%	$ 12,530	$ 17,361	$ 19,361	$ 21,397

More Details on Enrollment History.

More Details on Degree Awards History.