Computer Hardware Engineering at Santa Clara University

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

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 Hardware Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

SCU Computer Hardware Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Hardware Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Computer Hardware Engineering

SCU Computer Hardware Engineering Rankings

The computer hardware engineering major at SCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Hardware 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer hardware engineering, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Hardware Engineering Student Demographics at SCU

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

SCU Computer Hardware Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 89% of computer hardware engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 11% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer hardware 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 computer hardware engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SCU Computer Hardware Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of computer hardware engineering master's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

In the computer hardware engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Software Engineering
• General Computer Engineering

Careers That Computer Hardware Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer hardware 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Computer Hardware Engineers	20,720	$131,570
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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

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