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2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California

13 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering-Related Fields program at each school on the list.

Check out the engineering-related fields programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the most popular school in California for engineering-related fields students. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

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

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend International Technological University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California list. ITU is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of San Jose.

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#6

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering-related fields students. It came in at #6 on the list. SCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Santa Clara.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a very large student population.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California ranking. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

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California State University - East Bay landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering-related fields programs. Cal State East Bay is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Hayward.

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California State University - Los Angeles came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in California ranking. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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Explore all the Most Popular 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 13 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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