Engineering at Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara University stacks up to those at other schools.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,656 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2021, 223 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.

SCU Engineering Degrees Available

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

SCU Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how SCU 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 SCU 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 Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	10
	16
Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	41
Most Focused Engineering Schools	101
Most Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	182
Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	229

In 2021, 199 students received their master’s degree in engineering from SCU. This makes it the #71 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #190 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 223 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from SCU. About 73% were men and 27% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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 Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	101
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

SCU Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 36% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	38
International Students	114
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

SCU also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 7 students 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 Santa Clara University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Engineering	251
Mechanical Engineering	71
Biomedical Engineering	51
Civil Engineering	24
Electrical Engineering	20
Engineering Physics	6
General Engineering	5
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• 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 Santa Clara 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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.