Engineering at California State University - Northridge

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

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and has a total student population of 40,381. Of the 9,572 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Northridge in 2021, 452 of them were engineering majors.

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

CSUN Engineering Degrees Available

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

CSUN Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how CSUN performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at CSUN 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	191
	201
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	236
Most Focused Engineering Schools	330

In 2021, 87 students received their master’s degree in engineering from CSUN. This makes it the #129 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Engineering Student Demographics at CSUN

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

CSUN Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 452 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CSUN, about 86% were men and 14% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 - Northridge with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	56
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	173
White	95
International Students	87
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

CSUN Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	22
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

CSUN also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 - Northridge. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	234
Civil Engineering	117
Electrical Engineering	98
Computer Engineering	60
Manufacturing Engineering	20
Materials Engineering	10

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 - Northridge.

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 Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.