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Engineering at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 816 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.

UCSD Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCSD Engineering Rankings

There were 162 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Engineering Master’s Program

24% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The engineering program at UCSD awarded 816 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 76% of these degrees went to men with the other 24% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 85
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 30
White 130
International Students 537
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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - San Diego. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering 244
Biomedical Engineering 192
Mechanical Engineering 147
Computer Engineering 86
Civil Engineering 84
Materials Engineering 72
Other Engineering 55
Systems Engineering 36
Chemical Engineering 31
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 16
Engineering Physics 13
Engineering Science 2

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 - San Diego.

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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