General Engineering at University of San Diego

Every general engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at University of San Diego stacks up to those at other schools.

USD is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 8,861. In 2021, 7 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from USD.

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

USD General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

USD General Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at USD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35

Engineering Student Demographics at USD

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

USD General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from USD. About 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at USD since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 San Diego with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

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 San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
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 Walleigh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.