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2023 Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in California

7 Colleges
$91,210 Avg Salary

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in California to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

View our full ranking methodology.

Check out the engineering-related fields master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in California for engineering-related fields students working on their master’s degree. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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The excellent master’s degree 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 very large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering-related fields schools in California. Cal Poly Pomona is a very large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Jose State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

National University

La Jolla, CA

The excellent master’s degree 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 fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large 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 working on their master’s degree. 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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California State University - Los Angeles came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Cal State LA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Explore all the Best Engineering-Related Fields Colleges 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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