Computer Engineering at University of California - Santa Barbara

If you plan to study computer 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students received a bachelor's degree in CE from UCSB.

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

UCSB Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE

UCSB Computer Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks CE programs across the country. The following shows how UCSB 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 CE major at UCSB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer 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 Computer Engineering Schools	83

Earnings of UCSB CE Graduates

The median salary of CE students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSB is $83,726. This is 20% higher than $70,001, which is the national average for all CE bachelor's degree recipients.

CE Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students earned a bachelor's degree in CE from UCSB. About 18% of these graduates were women and the other 82% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CE 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 CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	15
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCSB also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Computer Hardware Engineers	20,720	$131,570
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500

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.