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2023 Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$27,327 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,157 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Engineering School for You

Other Engineering is the #79 most popular major in California with 245 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for other engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California

Check out the other engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Other Engineering

$10,195 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo the best value school in California for other engineering students. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $10,195 per year.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also claimed a spot on our Best Other Engineering Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$8,136 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Diego.

SDSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$13,258 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best other engineering schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCLA are $13,258 per year.

UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Other Engineering Schools in California list.

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$14,700 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best other engineering schools in California. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSD are $14,700 per year.

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#5

Stanford University

Stanford, CA
$56,169 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Stanford are $56,169 a year.

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

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for other engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

USC undergraduate students pay an average of $61,503 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Other Engineering Schools in California list.

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Best Value Other Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 13
Nevada 14

One of 39 majors within the area of study, other engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Other 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 6 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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