Computer Engineering at California State University - Sacramento

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

Sac State is located in Sacramento, California and has a total student population of 32,293. Of the 7,644 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Sacramento in 2021, 64 of them were computer engineering majors.

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

Sac State Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE
• Master’s Degree in CE

Sac State Computer Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CE programs across the country. The following shows how Sac State performed in these rankings.

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 CE major at Sac State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer 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
Most Popular Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	68

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in CE from Sac State. This makes it the #69 most popular school for CE master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Sac State CE Graduates

The median salary of CE students who receive their bachelor's degree at Sac State is $69,951. This is less than $70,001, which is the national average of all CE majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

CE Student Demographics at Sac State

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

Sac State Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of CE bachelor's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CE 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 CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	19
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Sac State Computer Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a master’s in CE from Sac State in 2021, 8% were men and 92% 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 CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Computer Hardware Engineers	20,720	$131,570
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500

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.