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Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if University of California - Berkeley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year. Of the 10,523 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Berkeley in 2021, 1,169 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.

UC Berkeley Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UC Berkeley performed in these rankings.

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 engineering major at UC Berkeley 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
Most Popular Engineering Schools 13
Best Value Engineering Schools 73
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 144

In 2021, 645 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #18 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 168 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Engineering Bachelor’s Program

29% Women
59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,169 engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley. Of these graduates, 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 529
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 93
White 241
International Students 169
Other Races/Ethnicities 126

UC Berkeley Engineering Master’s Program

37% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 145
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 132
International Students 298
Other Races/Ethnicities 31

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 168 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Berkeley. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering 730
Mechanical Engineering 320
Civil Engineering 294
Operations Research 192
Chemical Engineering 175
Biomedical Engineering 161
Nuclear Engineering 45
Engineering Science 19
Engineering Physics 18
Environmental Engineering 9
Other Engineering 8
Biochemical Engineering 6
General Engineering 5

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 University of California - Berkeley.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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