Career Outcomes for Duke ECE Master's Graduates

97% of recent Duke ECE master's graduates found full-time employment or pursued graduate school within 6 months of graduation

Duke's Electrical & Computer Engineering master's program prepares graduates for a variety of careers—including with some of the world's most important tech companies. Our graduates also go on to leading PhD programs.

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Graduate Employment Data

For graduates awarded degrees during calendar year 2020

Where Our Grads Are

Recent Industry Examples:

Airbnb
Amazon
Apple
Cisco
Facebook
Google
IBM
Intel
LinkedIn
Microsoft
NVIDIA

Recent Doctoral Program Examples

Duke University
Northwestern University
Pennsylvania State University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Duke ECE Students in the last First Destination Cycle

	Employed or pursuing further education within 6 months of graduation	No. of graduates included in statistics
2020	97%	112
2019	90%	102
2018	94%	51
2017	85%	34

Total Annual Salary Survey

	2017	2018	2019	2020
Average	$110,196	$106,860	$102,576	$113, 913
25th percentile	$100,000	$90,000	$90,000	$111,250
75th percentile	$120,000	$120,000	$120,000	$121,000
Note: US full-time salaries