Computer Engineering at Santa Clara University

If you are interested in studying computer engineering, you may want to check out the program at Santa Clara University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and approximately 8,616 students attend the school each year.

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.

SCU Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE
• Master’s Degree in CE

SCU Computer Engineering Rankings

The ce major at SCU 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in ce, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CE Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of ce bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	23
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

SCU Computer Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of ce master's degrees went to men and 34% 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 ce.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	213
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Computer Engineering

If you plan to be a ce 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
General Computer Engineering	228
Computer Hardware Engineering	21
Software Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil 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 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
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 Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.