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2023 Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California

7 Colleges
$79,852 Avg Salary
$24,604 Avg Student Debt

With 453 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering-related fields is the #56 most popular major in California.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in California to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering-Related Fields Colleges.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a degree in California. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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The excellent programs at California State University - Northridge helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering-related fields schools in California. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California list. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Report

The excellent programs at San Jose State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering-related fields schools in California. Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at San Jose State University Report

#5

National University

La Jolla, CA

The excellent programs at National University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering-related fields schools in California. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.

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With a ranking of #6, Art Center College of Design did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering-related fields students. Art Center College of Design is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena.

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With a ranking of #7, California State University - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering-related fields students. Cal State LA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at California State University - Los Angeles Report

Explore all the Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 52
Oregon 49

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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