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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in California

25 Colleges
$83,119 Avg Salary
$20,327 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #12 most popular major in California with 2,199 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 25 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 Electrical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Southern California to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in California list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 25 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for electrical engineering students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great place for electrical engineering students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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San Jose State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Santa Barbara ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in California list. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.

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Naval Postgraduate School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the suburb of Monterey.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Riverside did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 230
Oregon 72
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 5

Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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