Master’s Student Outcomes

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Launch into a High-Impact Career

When our ECE students complete their master’s degrees, they don’t leave Duke. They launch.

Our graduates accelerate from our forward-looking programs with wide-ranging connections and opportunities. During your studies, you’ll work 1:1 with a career coach and discover how far your purpose and drive can take you.

Graduates of our ECE program have gone on to careers with some of the world’s leading tech companies.

Outcomes for Recent Grads

Data reflects first-destination outcomes by 6 months post-graduation for 2023 graduates.

83%

employed full-time

10%

pursuing further education

$111,589

average base salary

US-only

Select Job Titles

  • Data Scientist
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Software Developer
  • Software Engineer

Select Industry Employers

  • Amazon
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Apple
  • Cadence Design Systems
  • Google
  • Lucid Software
  • Meta
  • Microsoft
  • NVIDIA 
  • Oracle
  • Pax Technology
  • Veeva Systems

Select Academic Institutions

  • Duke University
  • Purdue University
  • University of California
  • University of Pittsburgh

Meet Duke ECE Alumni

2/18 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Legacy Continues

Ugonna Ohiri, who earned a PhD in engineering at Duke in 2018, is the recipient of the 2025 Dr. Christopher Jones Legacy Award

9/24/24 Pratt School of Engineering

$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program

The Karsh STEM+ Scholars Program will match undergraduate students who have declared majors in disciplines in the natural sciences, engineering, and STEM-related fields with faculty in the Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.