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2023 Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$23,256 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,157 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Engineering School for You

With 419 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, other engineering is the #138 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Other Engineering

$7,864 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Chico the best value school in California for other engineering students. Chico State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Chico.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Chico State are $7,864 a year. After completing their degree, other engineering graduates from Chico State carry an average student debtload of $23,000.

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$10,195 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best other engineering schools in California. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $10,195 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also is in the top 5% of our Best Other Engineering Schools in California ranking.

Full Other Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Report

$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

UC Berkeley undergraduate students pay an average of $14,226 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Other Engineering Schools in California list.

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#4

San Diego State University

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

Out of the 8 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Other Engineering at San Diego State University Report

$13,258 Average Tuition & Fees

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 #5 on this year’s Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCLA are $13,258 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCLA also is in the top 10% of our Best Other Engineering Schools in California ranking.

Read full report on Other Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

University of California - San Diego ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California list. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSD are $14,700 per year. While working on their degree, other engineering majors at UCSD accumulate an average of around $20,200 in student debt.

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

Read full report on Other Engineering at University of California - San Diego

#7

Stanford University

Stanford, CA
$56,169 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Stanford University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for other engineering students. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Stanford are $56,169 a year. The average amount in student loans that other engineering majors at Stanford take out is $6,654.

Stanford not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Other Engineering Schools in California list.

Read full report on Other Engineering at Stanford University

$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern California came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Engineering Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USC also is in the top 10% of our Best Other Engineering Schools in California ranking.

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Best Value Other Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1
Oregon 33
Nevada 14

One of 40 majors within the area of study, other engineering 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 8 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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