Best colleges for Engineering in California

41 colleges ranked by share of degrees in Engineering

These 41 top Engineering colleges in California, ranked by share of degrees in Engineering, run from 1% at California State University-San Bernardino to 36% at California Institute of Technology. 27 are public and 14 are private.

#	College	Type	Engineering degrees	Undergrads	Acceptance
1	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Private	36%	1,023	3%
2	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Private	25%	915	13%
3	University of California-Merced Merced, CA	Public	25%	8,372	39%
4	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	24%	21,521	30%
5	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	Public	17%	24,271	74%
6	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Private	16%	7,841	4%
7	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	Private	14%	6,235	44%
8	California State University Maritime Academy Vallejo, CA	Public	13%	761	99%
9	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	Public	12%	26,757	80%
10	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Public	12%	33,073	12%
11	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	Public	12%	29,494	26%
12	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	Public	11%	33,787	25%
13	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	Private	10%	5,619	47%
14	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	Public	9%	33,654	34%
15	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	Public	9%	31,777	42%
16	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	Private	9%	3,247	95%
17	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Private	9%	20,817	10%
18	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	Public	8%	34,131	47%
19	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Public	8%	33,040	9%
20	California Baptist University Riverside, CA	Private	7%	7,914	74%
21	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	Public	7%	22,644	63%
22	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	Public	6%	27,867	94%
23	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	Public	6%	13,057	94%
24	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	Private	5%	7,171	40%
25	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Public	4%	21,478	92%
26	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	Public	4%	32,357	93%
27	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Public	4%	23,205	28%
28	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	Public	4%	36,956	87%
29	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	Public	3%	17,812	63%
30	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	Public	3%	20,033	96%
31	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	Public	3%	21,070	96%
32	Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	Private	3%	1,310	80%
33	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA	Public	3%	5,491	99%
34	California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA	Public	2%	8,183	88%
35	Scripps College Claremont, CA	Private	2%	1,077	34%
36	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	Private	2%	1,379	11%
37	Whittier College Whittier, CA	Private	2%	812	85%
38	Biola University La Mirada, CA	Private	1%	3,390	60%
39	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA	Public	1%	14,174	96%
40	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA	Public	1%	5,374	95%
41	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	Public	1%	15,771	98%

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