Engineering Science at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a engineering science 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 engineering science program.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. Of the 9,086 student who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - San Diego in 2,021, 1 of them were engineering science majors.

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

UCSD Engineering Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Science
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering Science

UCSD Engineering Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering science progam at UCSD compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering science major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Science. 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 Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Engineering Science Schools	12

Engineering Science Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Engineering Science Bachelor’s Program

The engineering science program at UCSD awarded 1 bachelor's degree in 2020-2021.

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 engineering science.

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

UCSD also has a doctoral program available in engineering science. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Biological Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Engineering Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering science 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
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
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.