Engineering (all) at UC Irvine
UC Irvine graduates about 1,044 engineering majors a year, 12% of its graduating class. That puts it 62nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $107,000 four years out, 1.10× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $95 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around UC Irvine
Where engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building, McDonnell-Douglas Engineering Auditorium, Rockwell Engineering Center, Engineering Laboratory Facility, UCI Vehicle Performance Engineering Laboratory, Engineering Hall, Engineering and Computing Trailer, Engineering Lecture Hall, Multipurpose Science and Technology Building, Art Culture & Technology, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, Engineering Gateway.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 128 · Academic 107 · Student housing 52 · Offices 16 · Athletics 7 · Arts 5.
Nearby in the engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UC Irvine
- Psychology 83 · #44
- Sociology & anthropology 82 · #80
- Computer science 81 · #75
- Economics 81 · #87
- Physics & astronomy 81 · #70
- Math & statistics 80 · #87
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Irvine with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.