by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Science is the 205th most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.
Across California, there were 77 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,382 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The engineering science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Bakersfield landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bakersfield, California, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public institution located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Engineering Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California list. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of California - Berkeley Engineering Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California list. University of California - San Diego is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 1 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sonoma State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in California list. Rohnert Park, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering science degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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