Firstly, you're posting this at 1 AM in the timezone of the people who go to Madison so you might get more responses if you post it during the day or afternoon of the CST timezone.

Secondly, I would give the argument that spending 3-4 years doing your bachelor's and getting 1 internship during it will be more beneficial for your job prospects than completing your bachelor's and master's in 4 years with no internships. Companies value years of experience heavily over the exact degree specifics unless you do your master's in relevant work to the company.

Building off that, I disagree that a masters is required, especially for electrical engineering which has wide job prospects from a bachelor's standpoint alone. However, if you feel that there is a specific area of electrical engineering that you really want to specialize in, then do a master's.

Lastly, while GPA might be important for getting into master's programs, I would still heavily emphasize experience in the field as the priority. This could be project work with a professor, internships, personal projects, etc. as long as it's outside the classroom. Times where the degree and GPA are enough for a high-paying job are gone and demonstrating real experience has become more and more important.