Engineering at California State University - Chico

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

Chico State is located in Chico, California and approximately 16,746 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Chico State Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

Chico State Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Chico State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Engineering Student Demographics at Chico State

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

Chico State Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 93% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 7% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	91
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Chico State Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 70% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 California State University - Chico. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	78
Mechanical Engineering	72
Electrical Engineering	36
Other Engineering	35
Computer Engineering	9

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies

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 California State University - Chico.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.