Engineering at University of California - Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and has a total student population of 19,161.

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

UC Santa Cruz Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Santa Cruz Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UC Santa Cruz 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 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #159 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Cruz with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	51
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UC Santa Cruz 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 Cruz with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	20
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 Cruz. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Engineering	106
Electrical Engineering	78
Biomedical Engineering	37

Related Majors

• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• 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 Cruz.

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 Satyriconi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.