<p>Does any one here in CC know about the EE and Nuclear E prorams in PSU?
hows the school, reputaion...career opportunities</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>EE</p>
<p>Career Opportunities</p>
<p>Because the electrical engineering profession is characterized by its diversity, graduates in E E hold a wide variety of jobs in each of the specialty areas outlined earlier. Many graduates work in laboratories where their responsibilities include designing and testing new electronic systems or devices. This design work often utilizes computer programs and test equipment that are first used while in school. Other graduates have jobs in manufacturing plants where their major responsibility is the interfacing of the electronic equipment with the rest of the plant. A growing employment opportunity within E E is in technical sales/consulting, in which graduates use their E E background as well as "people skills" to interface with various industrial customers. E E graduates are also found in areas such as law, marketing, finance, technical writing, and government, where they serve as technical experts. Finally, E E's with entrepreneurial skills are often successful by marketing themselves as consultants or starting their own companies. Regardless of which areas of specialization within E E that a student chooses, the job outlook remains high due to the ever-present and increasing need for electrical power, electronics, communications, and computers in all areas of our society. </p>
<p>*Departmental Figures *</p>
<p>The Penn State Electrical Engineering Department at University Park is composed of approximately 50 faculty members representing all areas of specialization within electrical engineering, 600 Bachelor's Degree students, 150 Master's Degree students, and 125 Ph D students. </p>
<p>Engineering Specialties: Electrical/Electronic/Communications
New Ranked in 2007*</p>
<p>Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
2. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
University of California?Berkeley 4.9
4. University of Illinois?Urbana-Champaign 4.7
5. California Institute of Technology 4.6
6. University of Michigan?Ann Arbor 4.5
7. Georgia Institute of Technology 4.4
8. Cornell University (NY) 4.3
9. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2
10. Princeton University (NJ) 4.1
Purdue University?West Lafayette (IN) 4.1
University of Texas?Austin 4.1
13. University of California?Los Angeles (Samueli) 4.0
University of Southern California (Viterbi) 4.0
15. University of Wisconsin?Madison 3.9
16. University of Maryland?College Park (Clark) 3.8
17. University of California?San Diego (Jacobs) 3.7
18. Rice University (Brown) (TX) 3.6
University of California?Santa Barbara 3.6
University of Washington 3.6
21. Pennsylvania State University?University Park 3.5
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.5
Texas A&M University?College Station (Look) 3.5
University of Minnesota?Twin Cities 3.5
Virginia Tech 3.5
26. Arizona State University (Fulton) 3.4
Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) 3.4
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) 3.4
North Carolina State University 3.4
Ohio State University 3.4</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ee.psu.edu/undergradblue.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.ee.psu.edu/undergradblue.asp</a></p>
<p>NE</p>
<p>In what companies are BSNucE graduates working?</p>
<p>NucE graduates are highly sought in the nuclear power industry, but also obtain positions in the aerospace, medical, and military fields. In the past, our NucE's have been hired by companies such as Exelon, Westinghouse, General Electric, Duke Power, Bechtel, Areva, the US Navy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. </p>
<p>What percentage of graduates have jobs? What percentage of students go to graduate school?</p>
<p>Post graduation plan surveys for NucE's after the 2004-2005 academic year showed that 56% had accepted full-time jobs and 44% continued on to graduate school. </p>
<p>PSU B.S. NucE's have an average base salary of $57,000
<a href="http://www.mne.psu.edu/undergrad/prospectivefaq.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.mne.psu.edu/undergrad/prospectivefaq.html</a></p>
<p>is there anyone who actually has been in the PSU EE program...?</p>
<p>i'm at psu- i'm not in the ee program though.</p>