Structural Engineering at University of California - San Diego

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

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 Structural Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Structural Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCSD Structural Engineering Rankings

The structural engineering major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Structural 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 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in structural engineering, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Structural Engineering Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of structural engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical structural engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% 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 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its structural 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in structural engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	22
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UCSD Structural Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of structural engineering master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

In the structural engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% 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 - San Diego with a master's in structural engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	15
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Geoenvironmental Engineering

Careers That Structural Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in structural 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 - San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
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.