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2026 Highest Paid General Engineering Grads in the Far Western Region

[General Engineering](/majors/engineering/general-engineering/) programs reward a close look at where graduates go on to earn the most. A top-earning program sends graduates into careers with strong starting pay.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where general engineering graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid General Engineering Grads in the Far Western Region

2026 Highest Paid General Engineering Grads in the Far Western Region

Below are the schools whose general engineering graduates go on to earn the most.

Highest Paid General Engineering Graduates

1

University Of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

$160,755 Average Early-Career Salary

University Of California Los Angeles earned the #1 spot for highest-paid general engineering graduates in the Far Western Region. University Of California Los Angeles is a public school located in the city of Los Angeles. Students who complete the general engineering program here go on to a median salary of roughly $160,755.

2

University Of The Pacific
Stockton, CA

$137,805 Average Early-Career Salary

A rank of #2 makes University Of The Pacific one of the highest-paying schools for general engineering. Set in the city of Stockton, University Of The Pacific is a private not-for-profit institution. Early-career general engineering graduates from University Of The Pacific make a median of around $137,805 per year.

3

University Of California Riverside
Riverside, CA

$102,364 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at University Of California Riverside earned it the #3 place for general engineering. University Of California Riverside is a public school located in the city of Riverside. General Engineering graduates of University Of California Riverside earn a median of about $102,364 a year early in their careers.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their general engineering graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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 our data about colleges.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.