Engineering at National University

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at National University stacks up to those at other schools.

National University is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 18,070 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from National University.

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

National University Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at National University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? National University offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

National University Engineering Rankings

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

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 National 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
	1
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	368

Engineering Student Demographics at National University

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

National University Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at National University awarded 38 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at National University since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 National University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

National 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at National University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	19
Manufacturing Engineering	10
Construction Engineering	9

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information 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 National 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 University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.