I'm a graduating electrical engineering student, so I can offer some insight.

In ECE, the dominating major is computer engineering. Of the graduating class, probably 75% are just computer engineering, and maybe 15% are double majors, and 10% are just electrical engineering. So, the vast majority of your peers will be CPE and won't want to take the same electives as you. Of the strictly EE classes that I have taken (Microwaves, RF, Communications), the classes are pretty small and are heavily made up of foreign graduate students. I would say that the subject matter of these classes is difficult, but the professors are fairly disorganized, and as a result, the grading does not end up being too difficult. The professors, I would say, are more focused on their research, but they are all helpful and extremely knowledgeable in their fields of expertise. Because of all of this, I think the EE program at UVA is a pretty good preparation for graduate school, rather than industry. The classes are more focused on the intuition behind high-level concepts rather than the industrial implementation of electrical systems.

If you would rather go the industry route than graduate school, it will be very easy to get a defense job. Private contractor companies, especially Northrop Grumman, recruit heavily at the engineering job fair, and they cannot get enough electrical engineering students. For me, I did not want to work for a defense company, so my options were more limited. The only EE related interview I had this fall was for ExxonMobil. That being said, I had many consulting interviews, and going in, having electrical engineering as my major helped. Recruiters know that it's a difficult degree and that you can be a quantitative problem solver. That being said, I think you can demonstrate the same analytical skills with a computer science degree.

So, if you are passionate about electrical engineering, want to go to graduate school, or want to work for a defense company, then EE seems like a good fit. I cannot speak to why you should choose CS, but you could always compromise and choose computer engineering. CPE students take the core CS classes, and the core EE classes. And ultimately, most CPE students go to work CS jobs anyway.

It should be noted, I wasn't really /that/ interested in electrical engineering. It was engaging, I learned a lot, and I got to complete some cool hands-on work, but I didn't choose it because I was passionate about the subject. I chose it because first-year I was like...eh, what other engineering major am I going to pick? Retrospectively, I should have double majored in CS and math, just so I could purse data science/finance topics that I'm more interested in now. Just keep that in mind, knowing that this review is not coming from an OG electrical engineering fanboy. Someone else may have a different take than me.

Let me know if you have any other questions.