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Electrical Engineering at University of California - San Diego

Electrical Engineering at University of California - San Diego

If you plan to study electrical engineering, take a look at what University of California - San Diego has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #21 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

13% Women
62% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 87% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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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.

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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

22% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 78% of ee master's degrees went to men and 22% went to women.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 20
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 9
International Students 94
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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
Aerospace Engineers 11,440 $125,540
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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