Engineering at Humboldt State University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if Humboldt State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

Humboldt State University is located in Arcata, California and approximately 6,612 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.

Humboldt State University Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Humboldt State University Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Humboldt State University 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 Humboldt State University

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

Humboldt State University Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Humboldt State University since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Humboldt State University are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Humboldt State University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Environmental Engineering	39

Related Majors

• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation

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 Humboldt State University.

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 Adbar under License

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