<p>I know at a lot of colleges (i'm looking at MS right now), they have an ECE (electrical & computer engineering) department.</p>
<p>So when you graduate, do you just get an ECE degree, or do you get an EE or CE degree from the department?</p>
<p>If the answer to that question is the former....how is an ECE degree perceived in terms of job opportunities compared to EE or CE?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Most offer EE or CompE degrees, not ECE degrees. However, the programs are so similar that they are usually in the same department.</p>
<p>^ he’s right. You pick one or the other. You can get a degree in both but should probably advise against it since industry recognizes them as being very similar.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure CMU gives its degree in ECE, but I don’t think it’s an advantage/disadvantage either way since you might want to put down any relevant coursework you did in your graduate studies so employers would know exactly what your focus is. I mean, if you took a whole bunch of classes as a grad EE in IC Design you probably wouldn’t get hired to do power systems even though they’d require the same degree.</p>