Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589. In 2021, 713 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UCLA.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UCLA Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCLA Engineering Rankings

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

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 UCLA 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
Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	43
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46

In 2021, 494 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UCLA. This makes it the #27 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 135 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	268
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	87
White	190
International Students	102
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

UCLA Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 494 students earned a master's degree in engineering from UCLA. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	103
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	107
International Students	198
Other Races/Ethnicities	35

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 135 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	367
Mechanical Engineering	252
Civil Engineering	160
Biomedical Engineering	120
Chemical Engineering	119
Computer Engineering	95
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	87
Materials Engineering	76
General Engineering	58
Other Engineering	4
Manufacturing Engineering	3
Geoscience Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Architecture & Related Services
• Physical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics

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 - Los Angeles.

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.