2025 Best Engineering Science Schools in California
2Colleges in California
81Engineering Science Degrees Awarded
$77,818Avg Early-Career Salary
Engineering Science is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #205 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of engineering science. Combined, these schools handed out 81 degrees in engineering science to qualified students.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Engineering Science Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Engineering Science in California
The schools below may not offer all types of engineering science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of California - Berkeley is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in engineering science. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.
There were roughly 19 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo if you wish to pursue a degree in engineering science. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public university located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.
There were approximately 7 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent data year.
California State University - Bakersfield is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in engineering science. Located in the city of Bakersfield, CSUB is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
There were approximately 42 engineering science students who graduated with this degree at CSUB in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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