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Engineering at University of California - Riverside

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what University of California - Riverside has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 205 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.

UCR Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCR Engineering Rankings

There were 41 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #85 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Engineering Master’s Program

27% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 205 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UCR. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men.

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In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 41
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 41
International Students 91
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Riverside. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering 69
General Engineering 52
Computer Engineering 41
Mechanical Engineering 34
Biomedical Engineering 32
Chemical Engineering 14
Environmental Engineering 4

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 - Riverside.

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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