Engineering at San Diego State 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 San Diego State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334. Of the 8,719 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University in 2021, 677 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.

SDSU Engineering Degrees Available

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

SDSU Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how SDSU 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 SDSU 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 Graduate Certificate Schools	28
Best Value Engineering Schools	44
	47
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	61
Most Popular Engineering Schools	72

In 2021, 92 students received their master’s degree in engineering from SDSU. This makes it the #122 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #213 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 677 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SDSU, about 80% were men and 20% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	111
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	165
White	188
International Students	118
Other Races/Ethnicities	76

SDSU Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at SDSU awarded 92 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 58% of these degrees went to men with the other 42% going to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	28
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

SDSU also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at San Diego State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	243
Civil Engineering	162
Electrical Engineering	145
Computer Engineering	92
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	90
Environmental Engineering	29
Biomedical Engineering	12
Manufacturing Engineering	2
Other Engineering	2

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 San Diego 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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.