Engineering

Engineering Physics

University of California-San Diego · La Jolla, CA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$46,042Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$20,490Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded5Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$66,205
Same subject · national$60,171
Engineering · national$63,302

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $63,148–$69,908.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of California-IrvineAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$54,310
University of FloridaAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Biological/Biosystems Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Systems Engineering$67,544
University of California-Santa BarbaraChemical Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$60,452
Florida State UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$68,305
The University of Texas at AustinAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering$70,648
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$73,562
University of Michigan-Ann ArborAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Nuclear Engineering$71,015
San Diego State UniversityAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$64,047
University of GeorgiaAgricultural Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering$59,417
University of California-DavisAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering, General, Mechanical Engineering$64,866
Clemson UniversityAgricultural Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering-Related Fields, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$64,109
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering$69,660
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗