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Engineering at University of California - Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 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 Santa Cruz Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Santa Cruz Engineering Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #159 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Engineering Master’s Program

30% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

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In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 21% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 6
International Students 20
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Engineering

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering 25
Computer Engineering 21

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 Cruz.

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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