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. Of the 1,747 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Humboldt State University in 2021, 39 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.

Humboldt State University Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Humboldt State University Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	400

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

Of the 39 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Humboldt State University in 2020-2021, 72% were men and 28% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Humboldt State University since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

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 Humboldt State University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Humboldt State University 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 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
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• 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 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.