Engineering at University of California - Santa Barbara

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

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 students attend the school each year.

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

UCSB Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCSB Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 59 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #59 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UCSB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of California - Santa Barbara.

UCSB Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its 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 - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	85
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	57
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

UCSB Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Barbara with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	8
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Santa Barbara. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	152
Mechanical Engineering	93
Computer Engineering	62
Chemical Engineering	59

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 - Santa Barbara.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.