General Computer Engineering at University of California - San Diego

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

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 General Computer Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD General Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Computer Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Computer Engineering

UCSD General Computer Engineering Rankings

The general computer engineering major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Computer 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in general computer engineering, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Computer Engineering Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD General Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of general computer engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general computer 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 general computer engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	74
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	33
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UCSD General Computer Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of general computer engineering master's degrees went to men and 13% 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 general computer engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	71
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Computer Hardware Engineering

Careers That General Computer Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general computer 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
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Computer Hardware Engineers	20,720	$131,570
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500

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

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