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Engineering at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 26,179. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 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.

UCSB Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCSB Engineering Rankings

There were 59 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #59 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Engineering Master’s Program

25% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The engineering program at UCSB awarded 64 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% 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 - Santa Barbara with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 22
International Students 31
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering 87
Mechanical Engineering 20
Chemical Engineering 16

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 - Santa Barbara.

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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