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2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in California

5 Colleges
$73,300 Avg Salary
$30,451 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering School for You

With 26 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, manufacturing engineering is the #187 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 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 Manufacturing Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found California State University - Northridge to be the most popular school for manufacturing engineering students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 2 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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The excellent programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best manufacturing engineering schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 0

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

Majors Similar to Manufacturing Engineering

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 5 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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