Electrical Engineering at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a ee 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 ee program.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

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

UCSD Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE
• Master’s Degree in EE

UCSD Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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 33 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ee 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 ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	73
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	35
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

UCSD Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of ee master's degrees went to men and 23% 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 ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	35
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	15
International Students	178
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

The following ee concentations are available at University of California - San Diego. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - San Diego. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	289
Other Electrical Engineering	121

Related Majors

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

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in ee 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
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540
Electrical Engineers	26,570	$114,170
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.