Mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara graduates about 82 mechanical engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 67th of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a strong program at 72 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 100 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 96% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $104,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $8 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
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Where mechanical engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Science, BioEngineering, Engineering II.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 125 · Student housing 31 · Dorm 25 · Athletics 10 · Arts 7 · Dining 5.
Nearby in the mechanical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at UC Santa Barbara
- Communications & media 87 · #34
- Sociology & anthropology 86 · #49
- Environmental science 85 · #41
- Economics 84 · #69
- English & writing 83 · #59
- Political science & IR 82 · #83
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares UC Santa Barbara with every school we score in mechanical 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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