2025 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Electrical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #13 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of electrical engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 75 doctor's degrees in electrical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - How many other electrical 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 easy is it for electrical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized electrical engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Electrical Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Electrical Engineering in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in EE

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

59 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

14 Annual Graduates

University of Notre Dame is a good option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from University of Notre Dame

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	86
Michigan	149	67
Ohio	144	88
Wisconsin	108	31

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Rankings in Majors Related to EE

Electrical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

EE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	75

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	102
Chemical Engineering	48
Civil Engineering	41
Materials Engineering	35
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	34
Biomedical Engineering	28
Agricultural Engineering	15
Other Engineering	15
Industrial Engineering	13
Computer Engineering	12

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.