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Engineering Technologies at San Diego State University

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study engineering technologies, take a look at what San Diego State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year.

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

SDSU Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

SDSU Engineering Technologies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering tech progam at SDSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering tech major at SDSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. 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
	17
	23
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	25
Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	42
Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools	130
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	167
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	303
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	661
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	1,294

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

21% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering Technologies from SDSU in 2020-2021, 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% women. So female students are more repesented at SDSU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's in engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	10
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

Engineering Technologies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Diego State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Construction Engineering Technology	28

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech 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 San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	65,210	$48,720
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	56,660	$45,120
Construction Managers	32,420	$117,770

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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