Engineering at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 32,293. In 2021, 526 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Sac State.

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

Sac State Engineering Degrees Available

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

Sac State Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Sac State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Sac 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	74
Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	150
	162

In 2021, 71 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Sac State. This makes it the #151 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Engineering Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 526 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Sac State. About 16% of these graduates were women and the other 84% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 - Sacramento with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	108
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	164
White	159
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	64

Sac State Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 71 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Sac State, about 63% were men and 37% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	19
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Sacramento. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	229
Civil Engineering	179
Electrical Engineering	113
Computer Engineering	76

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical 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 - Sacramento.

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 Stickpen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.