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2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,938 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,382 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Science School for You

With 77 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering science is the #231 most popular major in California.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Engineering Science Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Science Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Science

$10,195 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo to be the best value school for engineering science students who want to pursue a degree in California. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo undergraduate students pay an average of $10,195 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also did well on our Best Engineering Science Schools in California list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,226 per year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best Engineering Science Schools in California list, coming in at #3.

Full Engineering Science at University of California - Berkeley Report

#3

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA
$7,988 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Sonoma State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. SSU is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Rohnert Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SSU are $7,988 a year.

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$14,700 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Science Schools in California list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a very large student population.

UCSD undergraduate students pay an average of $14,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCSD also did well on our Best Engineering Science Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$7,579 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Bakersfield. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in California list. CSUB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Bakersfield.

CSUB undergraduate students pay an average of $7,579 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering Science at California State University - Bakersfield

Best Value Engineering Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 3
Oregon 0

One of 40 majors within the area of study, engineering science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

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 Nicolás Pérez.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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