Civil Engineering at University of California - San Diego

If you are interested in studying civil 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 students received a bachelor's degree in civil eng from UCSD.

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

UCSD Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Doctorate Degree in Civil Eng

UCSD Civil Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks civil eng programs across the country. The following shows how UCSD performed in these rankings.

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 civil eng major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Civil 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 Civil Engineering Schools	19
	42

In 2021, 75 students received their master’s degree in civil eng from UCSD. This makes it the #14 most popular school for civil eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #40 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UCSD Civil Eng Graduates

The median salary of civil eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSD is $60,478. This is less than $61,387, which is the national average of all civil eng majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil eng from UCSD. About 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical civil eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its civil 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 civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	31
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCSD Civil Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 75 students earned a master's degree in civil eng from UCSD. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 6% better 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 master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	18
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UCSD also has a doctoral program available in civil eng. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That Civil Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil 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
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Environmental Engineers	8,790	$105,480
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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.