Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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.

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

UC Berkeley Engineering 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.

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

30% Women

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	494
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	114
White	240
International Students	169
Other Races/Ethnicities	134

UC Berkeley Engineering Master’s Program

37% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 37% went to women.

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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	180
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	163
International Students	613
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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