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Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 494 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.

UCLA Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCLA Engineering Rankings

There were 135 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Engineering Master’s Program

25% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 494 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UCLA. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men.

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In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 103
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 48
White 107
International Students 198
Other Races/Ethnicities 35

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 - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering 224
Mechanical Engineering 98
Civil Engineering 90
General Engineering 58
Materials Engineering 43
Biomedical Engineering 39
Chemical Engineering 38
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 29
Other Engineering 4
Computer Engineering 3
Manufacturing Engineering 3

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 - Los Angeles.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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