Computer Engineering at University of California - Santa Cruz

Every computer engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ce program at University of California - Santa Cruz stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and approximately 19,161 students attend the school each year.

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.

UC Santa Cruz Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE
• Master’s Degree in CE

UC Santa Cruz Computer Engineering Rankings

The ce major at UC Santa Cruz 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in ce, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CE Student Demographics at UC Santa Cruz

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

UC Santa Cruz Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of ce bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Cruz with a bachelor's in ce.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	41
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	41
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UC Santa Cruz Computer Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of ce master's degrees went to men and 0% 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 ce.

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

Concentrations Within Computer Engineering

Computer Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Santa Cruz. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Computer Engineering	84
Other Computer Engineering	22

Related Majors

• Biomedical 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 Cruz.

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 Satyriconi under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.