Engineering at University of California - Irvine

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

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 36,303. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,051 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from UC Irvine.

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 Irvine Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UC Irvine 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 Master’s Degree Schools	45
Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
	250

In 2021, 272 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UC Irvine. This makes it the #46 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 95 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The engineering program at UC Irvine awarded 1,051 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 - Irvine with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	415
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	235
White	187
International Students	126
Other Races/Ethnicities	71

UC Irvine Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 272 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UC Irvine. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	45
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	43
International Students	142
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

UC Irvine also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 95 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Irvine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	359
Computer Engineering	330
Biomedical Engineering	178
Electrical Engineering	149
Civil Engineering	142
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	85
Chemical Engineering	77
Materials Engineering	59
Environmental Engineering	30
Manufacturing Engineering	6
General Engineering	3

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 - Irvine.

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
• Image Credit: By TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.