Engineering at San Diego State University

49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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.

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

SDSU Engineering 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.

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

22% Women

49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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	126
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	198
White	324
International Students	38
Other Races/Ethnicities	69

SDSU Engineering Master’s Program

30% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% 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	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	19
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

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
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