Computer Engineering at San Diego State University

If you plan to study computer engineering, take a look at what San Diego State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students received a bachelor's degree in CE from SDSU.

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

SDSU Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE
• Doctorate Degree in CE

SDSU Computer Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CE progam at SDSU 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 CE major at SDSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer 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 Computer Engineering Schools	34
Most Popular Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
	81

How Much Do CE Graduates from SDSU Make?

The median salary of CE students who receive their bachelor's degree at SDSU is $73,334. This is 5% higher than $70,001, which is the national average for all CE bachelor's degree recipients.

CE Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students earned a bachelor's degree in CE from SDSU. About 17% of these graduates were women and the other 83% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CE 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 CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	20
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

SDSU also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Computer Hardware Engineers	20,720	$131,570
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500

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.