Mechanical Engineering at University of California - San Diego

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of California - San Diego. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. Of the 9,086 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - San Diego in 2021, 232 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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

UCSD Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

UCSD Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how UCSD performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	8
	89
	200

In 2021, 129 students received their master’s degree in ME from UCSD. This makes it the #8 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do ME Graduates from UCSD Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSD is $62,687. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

ME Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 232 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ME from UCSD in 2021, 76% were men and 24% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	82
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	62
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UCSD Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 129 students who graduated with a master’s in ME from UCSD in 2021, 85% were men and 15% were 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	97
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCSD also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 18 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Mechanical Engineers	27,330	$107,370
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.

• 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.