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Engineering (all) at UC Riverside

UC Riverside graduates about 403 engineering majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 182nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a solid program at 61 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $95,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $43 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year4037% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$95,0000.99× the same major nationally
Research in the field$43Ma year, NSF
Admit rate86%whole school

Around UC Riverside

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Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Materials Science and Engineering.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Student housing 68 · Dorm 46 · Dining 4 · Athletics 3 · Offices 2.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. University at Albany–SUNY 63
  2. Thomas Jefferson University 63
  3. South Dakota State University 62
  4. Hope College 62
  5. Louisiana Tech University 61
  6. University of Colorado Denver 61
  7. Western New England University 61
  8. Alfred University 61

Other strong majors at UC Riverside

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Riverside 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.

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