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2023 Most Popular General Engineering Schools in California

14 Colleges
$85,262 Avg Salary
$12,259 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 266 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #70 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular General Engineering Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the most popular school in California for general engineering students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 14 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at San Jose State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in California. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Pacific. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular General Engineering Schools in California list. Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Stockton.

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San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Francisco State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular General Engineering Schools in California list. SFSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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California State University - Fresno landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general engineering programs. Fresno State is a very large public school located in the city of Fresno.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Engineering Schools in California ranking. Cal Poly Pomona is a very large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Engineering Schools in California ranking. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 4
Oregon 15
Alaska 3

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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