Engineering at University of California - Irvine

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if University of California - Irvine is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 272 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 Irvine Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Engineering Rankings

There were 95 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 272 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from UC Irvine in 2020-2021, 69% were men and 31% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 26% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	45
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	43
International Students	142
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at University of California - Irvine. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Irvine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Engineering	93
Mechanical Engineering	72
Civil Engineering	51
Electrical Engineering	48
Biomedical Engineering	43
Materials Engineering	31
Chemical Engineering	18
Manufacturing Engineering	6
General Engineering	3
Environmental Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• 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 - Irvine.

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.