University of California - San Diego MS in Engineering

686 Master's Degrees Awarded

Engineering is a program of study at University of California - San Diego. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Engineering from UCSD Cost?

$13,529 Average Tuition and Fees

UCSD Graduate Tuition and Fees

The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,442	$26,544
Fees	$2,087	$2,087

Does UCSD Offer an Online MS in Engineering?

UCSD does not offer an online option for its engineering master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCSD Online Learning page.

UCSD Master’s Student Diversity for Engineering

686 Master's Degrees Awarded

25.2% Women

18.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 686 students received their master’s degree in engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in engineering in 2019-2020, 25.2% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 26.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in engineering at UCSD in 2019-2020, 18.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 17%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	77
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	31
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	99
International Students	444
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

MS in Engineering Focus Areas at UCSD

Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	5
Biomedical Engineering	143
Chemical Engineering	25
Civil Engineering	53
Computer Engineering	69

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.