Engineering at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and has a total student population of 26,434. In 2021, 445 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UCR.

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

UCR Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCR Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UCR 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 engineering major at UCR 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	83

In 2021, 205 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UCR. This makes it the #69 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 41 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #85 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 445 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from UCR in 2020-2021, 74% were men and 26% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at UCR since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 - Riverside with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	144
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	160
White	89
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

UCR Engineering Master’s Program

The engineering program at UCR awarded 205 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 73% of these degrees went to men with the other 27% going to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	41
International Students	91
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UCR also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 41 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 - Riverside. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	144
Electrical Engineering	129
Biomedical Engineering	129
Computer Engineering	102
Chemical Engineering	88
General Engineering	52
Environmental Engineering	25
Materials Engineering	22

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences
• 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 - Riverside.

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 Amerique under License

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