Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at University of California - Berkeley stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 645 students received their master's degree in engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UC Berkeley Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

UC Berkeley Engineering Rankings

There were 168 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 645 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Berkeley, about 63% were men and 37% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Berkeley with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	145
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	132
International Students	298
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Berkeley. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	214
Civil Engineering	205
Mechanical Engineering	150
Operations Research	116
Biomedical Engineering	54
Nuclear Engineering	34
Chemical Engineering	29
Biochemical Engineering	6
General Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.