Electrical Engineering Career Opportunities
Graduate Success
Employed: 74%
Continuing Education: 21%
Average Graduate Salary: $54,000
Employers of electrical engineering graduates include:
- Research and development laboratories
- Electronic equipment manufacturers
- Public
utilities
- Colleges and universities
- Government agencies
- Medical
laboratories and hospitals
- Electronic equipment distributors
- Semiconductor companies
This includes the high technology companies
of the Pacific NW such as Intel, Tektronix, Hewlett Packard, MAXIM,
Biotronik, Daktronics, Georgia Pacific, Radio Design, Maxim
Semiconductor, Lattice Semiconductors, Creedence, Mentor Graphics and
InFocus, and government agencies such as Sandia National Laboratories.
Graduates
of the electrical engineering program fulfill a wide range of functions
within industry. Bachelor degree graduates are currently placed in
entry-level engineering positions such as component and system design,
field applications, product development, manufacturing engineering,
sales or marketing engineering, test engineering and quality control
engineering. Starting salaries are typically in the $50,000 to $60,000
a year range, plus benefits.