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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California

5 Colleges
$96,737 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in California with 4,695 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Naval Postgraduate School the most popular school in California for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public college with a small student population.

About 27% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 73% are male.

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#2

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Loyola Marymount University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#2

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Santa Clara University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in California. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit college with a small 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 842
Oregon 359
Nevada 105
Hawaii 69
Alaska 32

Electrical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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