Chemical Engineering at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year.

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

UCSD Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng
• Master’s Degree in Chem Eng

UCSD Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemical 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #55 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at UCSD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the chem eng majors at University of California - San Diego.

UCSD Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chem eng 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	22
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCSD Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

If you plan to be a chem eng major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - San Diego. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	130

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Biological Engineering
• Systems Engineering

Careers That Chem Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in chem eng 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 - San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Chemical Engineers	2,100	$103,590

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.