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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$22,222 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,852 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 Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering-related fields students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a .

$7,043 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Northridge the best value school in California for engineering-related fields students. CSUN is a very large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSUN are $7,043 a year.

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$7,439 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona helped the school earn the #2 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 large suburb of Pomona.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal Poly Pomona are $7,439 per year.

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

$7,852 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at San Jose State are $7,852 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, San Jose State also did well on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$6,785 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the # 4 spot on the list. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal State LA are $6,785 a year.

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#5

National University

La Jolla, CA
$13,320 Average Tuition & Fees

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 fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

National University undergraduate students pay an average of $13,320 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Stanford University

Stanford, CA
$56,169 Average Tuition & Fees

Stanford University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California ranking. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

Stanford undergraduate students pay an average of $56,169 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Stanford did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California list.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Stanford University Report

$48,044 Average Tuition & Fees

Art Center College of Design landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value engineering-related fields programs. Art Center College of Design is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Art Center College of Design are $48,044 per year.

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Explore all the Best Value 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.

  • 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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