Computer Engineering at University of California - Davis

Every computer engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the CE program at University of California - Davis stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and has a total student population of 39,074. Of the 9,846 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Davis in 2021, 100 of them were computer engineering majors.

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.

UC Davis Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE

UC Davis Computer Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CE progam at UC Davis compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The CE major at UC Davis 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Computer Engineering Schools	32
Most Focused Computer Engineering Schools	145

How Much Do CE Graduates from UC Davis Make?

The median salary of CE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Davis is $81,487. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 16% higher than the national average of $70,001 for all CE bachelor's degree recipients.

CE Student Demographics at UC Davis

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

UC Davis Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 100 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from UC Davis in 2020-2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	18
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UC Davis also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Textile Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Electrical 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 University of California - Davis.

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.