The 10 Best Universities for Electrical Engineering in the USA 2026 | Cost and Acceptance

Looking for the best electrical engineering universities in the USA? In this video, we rank the top 10 schools for electrical engineering by how strong the undergraduate program is, what you actually get to build as a student, how hard each one is to get into, what a year really costs, and where graduates ended up. Electrical engineering is the major behind every chip, every phone signal and every power grid. From MIT and Stanford to Berkeley, Georgia Tech and Purdue, these universities produced the inventor of the microchip, the founders of Bose and Dolby, and a co-creator of Unix, and one of them is home to the Nobel winner behind the battery in your phone. In this video, you'll discover: ✔️ The top 10 electrical engineering universities in the USA ✔️ Acceptance rates, including in-state vs. out-of-state odds at public schools ✔️ What a year costs at every school, and who can go tuition-free ✔️ What EE students actually build, from microprocessors to their own EKG machine ✔️ Famous electrical engineering alumni, from Jack Kilby to Lisa Su ✔️ Which school has the lowest sticker price on the list Included Universities are: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Purdue University University of Michigan The University of Texas at Austin California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Carnegie Mellon University Stanford University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) Who should watch? This video is for high school students who want to study electrical engineering, students comparing EE and computer engineering programs, parents weighing what an engineering degree will cost, and anyone curious where the people behind chips, radio and modern electronics went to school. ▶️ Watch next: six of these ten schools are public, see how they rank head to head in Top 10 Public Engineering Schools in the USA: [PUBENG LINK] 💬 QUESTION: Which school on this list would you pick for electrical engineering, and why? 👍 Like the video, subscribe to Campusly, and turn on notifications for more university rankings, college comparisons and admissions guides. 📌 Note: Acceptance rates and tuition change every year and can vary by residency, major and financial aid. Tuition is not the same as the total cost of attendance, which also includes housing, meals, fees and books. Always verify the latest figures on each university's official website. Photos via Wikimedia Commons: US Embassy Sweden, Jonathan Chen (CC BY 2.0); Mtnman79 (CC BY 3.0); David Bruce/Disavian, AMD Global (CC BY-SA 2.0); Dick Lyon, Kerry Rodden/Ivan Sutherland, BrokenSphere (CC BY-SA 3.0); James R. Biard, Florian Schäffer, JJonahJackalope, A.C.Diller (CC BY-SA 4.0).