100 Best Engineering schools in California, US

For Engineering

#10 in the United States

#11 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 57%
Average Aid: $21,766
Enrollment: 46,430

4. University of California-San Diego

For Engineering

#14 in the United States

#15 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $20,782
Enrollment: 42,006

5. California Institute of Technology

Pasadena

For Engineering

#21 in the United States

#22 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Net Price: $20,755
Receiving Aid: 71%
Average Aid: $59,192

6. University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

For Engineering

#28 in the United States

#30 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Receiving Aid: 59%
Average Aid: $20,389
Enrollment: 26,420

7. University of Southern California

For Engineering

#29 in the United States

#31 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $36,808

8. University of California - Davis

Davis

For Engineering

#30 in the United States

#32 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Receiving Aid: 63%
Average Aid: $20,548
Enrollment: 39,679

9. University of California - Irvine

Irvine

For Engineering

#44 in the United States

#49 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $17,411
Enrollment: 35,937

10. University of California - San Francisco

For Engineering

#49 in the United States

#54 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,140
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

11. University of California - Riverside

Riverside

For Engineering

#77 in the United States

#88 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Receiving Aid: 79%
Average Aid: $22,042
Enrollment: 26,809

12. University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

For Engineering

#91 in the United States

#105 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Receiving Aid: 74%
Average Aid: $21,202
Enrollment: 19,478

13. San Diego State University

For Engineering

#157 in the United States

#184 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $9,934
Enrollment: 37,402

14. Naval Postgraduate School

Monterey

For Engineering

#164 in the United States

#192 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 2,670
Male:Female: 78:22
Founded: 1909

15. San Jose State University

San Jose

For Engineering

#203 in the United States

#233 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Receiving Aid: 65%
Average Aid: $9,210
Enrollment: 35,751

16. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo

For Engineering

#224 in the United States

#256 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Receiving Aid: 57%
Average Aid: $10,065
Enrollment: 22,000

17. University of California - Merced

Merced

For Engineering

#227 in the United States

#259 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $25,868
Enrollment: 9,103

18. Loma Linda University

Loma Linda

For Engineering

#232 in the United States

#264 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 4,280
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1905

19. California State University - Los Angeles

For Engineering

#241 in the United States

#274 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $10,907
Enrollment: 26,460

20. California State University - Long Beach

Long Beach

For Engineering

#249 in the United States

#283 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $9,478
Enrollment: 38,973

21. San Francisco State University

For Engineering

#252 in the United States

#287 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Receiving Aid: 78%
Average Aid: $9,830
Enrollment: 25,282

22. Santa Clara University

Santa Clara

For Engineering

#255 in the United States

#290 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $50,551

23. California State University - Northridge

For Engineering

#260 in the United States

#297 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 85%
Average Aid: $10,511
Enrollment: 37,579

24. California State University - Fullerton

Fullerton

For Engineering

#264 in the United States

#301 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $9,194
Enrollment: 40,386

25. Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

For Engineering

#269 in the United States

#307 in North America

Enrollment: 44
Male:Female: 45:55

26. Palo Alto University

Palo Alto

For Engineering

#309 in the United States

#350 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,129
Male:Female: 14:86
Founded: 1975

27. California State University - Fresno

Fresno

For Engineering

#321 in the United States

#363 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,968
Enrollment: 23,999

28. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona

For Engineering

#323 in the United States

#365 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Receiving Aid: 77%
Average Aid: $9,040
Enrollment: 27,503

29. University of San Diego

For Engineering

#325 in the United States

#367 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Net Price: $36,008
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $36,408

30. California State University - Sacramento

Sacramento

For Engineering

#334 in the United States

#379 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $9,590
Enrollment: 31,818

31. University of San Francisco

For Engineering

#335 in the United States

#380 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $42,953

32. Humboldt State University

Arcata

For Engineering

#350 in the United States

#396 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Receiving Aid: 76%
Average Aid: $9,262
Enrollment: 6,025

33. Claremont Graduate University

For Engineering

#363 in the United States

#410 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,903
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1925

34. University of the Pacific

Stockton

For Engineering

#365 in the United States

#412 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1272
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $28,164

35. Chapman University

Orange

For Engineering

#375 in the United States

#424 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $45,033

36. California State University Maritime Academy

Vallejo

For Engineering

#376 in the United States

#425 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 62%
Average Aid: $9,529
Enrollment: 849

37. Harvey Mudd College

For Engineering

#380 in the United States

#429 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $39,850

38. Pomona College

For Engineering

#384 in the United States

#433 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $19,962

39. Loyola Marymount University

For Engineering

#388 in the United States

#438 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $52,815

40. John F. Kennedy University

Pleasant Hill

For Engineering

#405 in the United States

#456 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1964

41. California State University - Chico

Chico

For Engineering

#415 in the United States

#466 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 72%
Average Aid: $9,162
Enrollment: 14,183

42. California State University - San Marcos

San Marcos

For Engineering

#446 in the United States

#498 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Receiving Aid: 75%
Average Aid: $8,922
Enrollment: 15,109

43. Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park

For Engineering

#453 in the United States

#506 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Receiving Aid: 81%
Average Aid: $7,287
Enrollment: 6,637

44. Western University of Health Sciences

Pomona

For Engineering

#459 in the United States

#512 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 3,724
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1977

45. California State University - San Bernardino

San Bernardino

For Engineering

#479 in the United States

#532 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,871
Enrollment: 19,803

46. West Los Angeles College

Culver

For Engineering

#487 in the United States

#540 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 65%
Average Aid: $6,951
Enrollment: 8,656

47. Occidental College

For Engineering

#506 in the United States

#559 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $44,853

48. Claremont McKenna College

For Engineering

#513 in the United States

#566 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $28,701

49. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

For Engineering

#521 in the United States

#574 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Net Price: $27,637
Receiving Aid: 73%
Average Aid: $11,419

50. Pepperdine University

Malibu

For Engineering

#530 in the United States

#583 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1383
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $47,804

51. California State University - Dominguez Hills

Carson

For Engineering

#537 in the United States

#591 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $9,819
Enrollment: 16,426

52. California State University - Monterey Bay

Seaside

For Engineering

#543 in the United States

#598 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Receiving Aid: 77%
Average Aid: $8,702
Enrollment: 7,045

53. California State University - East Bay

Hayward

For Engineering

#551 in the United States

#606 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $8,659
Enrollment: 13,673

54. California State University - Bakersfield

Bakersfield

For Engineering

#554 in the United States

#609 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $10,750
Enrollment: 9,613

55. Graduate Theological Union

Berkeley

For Engineering

#594 in the United States

#649 in North America

Enrollment: 172
Male:Female: 48:52

56. University of the West

Rosemead

For Engineering

#614 in the United States

#670 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $19,028
Receiving Aid: 80%
Average Aid: $8,190

57. California State University - Stanislaus

Turlock

For Engineering

#660 in the United States

#719 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,696
Enrollment: 10,154

58. University of Redlands

Redlands

For Engineering

#664 in the United States

#724 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1196
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $28,157

59. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Engineering

#674 in the United States

#734 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 2,661
Male:Female: 55:45
Founded: 1901

60. Alliant International University - San Diego

For Engineering

#691 in the United States

#751 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 0%
Net Price: $25,481
Receiving Aid: 33%
Average Aid: $9,411

61. Marshall B Ketchum University

Fullerton

For Engineering

#706 in the United States

#768 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 685
Male:Female: 28:72
Founded: 1904

62. Azusa Pacific University

Azusa

For Engineering

#722 in the United States

#784 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $26,666

63. Touro University California

Vallejo

For Engineering

#745 in the United States

#808 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 1,144
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1997

64. Whittier College

Whittier

For Engineering

#747 in the United States

#810 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,368

65. Keck Graduate Institute

For Engineering

#765 in the United States

#828 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 668
Male:Female: 30:70
Founded: 1997

66. Mills College

Oakland

For Engineering

#768 in the United States

#831 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Net Price: $25,283
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $22,278

67. Newschool of Architecture and Design

For Engineering

#776 in the United States

#839 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Net Price: $50,126
Receiving Aid: 64%
Average Aid: $6,832

68. Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga

For Engineering

#787 in the United States

#851 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Net Price: $32,129
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $39,139

69. Soka University of America

Aliso Viejo

For Engineering

#809 in the United States

#874 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1340
Net Price: $17,928
Receiving Aid: 100%

70. Scripps College

For Engineering

#821 in the United States

#887 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $43,923

71. Pitzer College

For Engineering

#850 in the United States

#917 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Net Price: $39,809
Receiving Aid: 39%
Average Aid: $39,594

72. Ashford University

For Engineering

#857 in the United States

#924 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $25,104
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $5,121

73. Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope

Duarte

For Engineering

#867 in the United States

#934 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 90
Founded: 1994

74. Fuller Theological Seminary

Pasadena

For Engineering

#871 in the United States

#938 in North America

Enrollment: 2,089
Male:Female: 53:47

75. Westmont College

Santa Barbara

For Engineering

#898 in the United States

#965 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1369
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $33,112

76. California State University - Channel Islands

Camarillo

For Engineering

#919 in the United States

#987 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Receiving Aid: 76%
Average Aid: $9,412
Enrollment: 6,128

77. Dominican University of California

San Rafael

For Engineering

#931 in the United States

#999 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1162
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $49,907

78. Biola University

La Mirada

For Engineering

#939 in the United States

#1008 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $31,522

79. Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara

For Engineering

#942 in the United States

#1011 in North America

Enrollment: 1,000
Male:Female: 21:79
Founded: 1974

80. California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks

For Engineering

#983 in the United States

#1053 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,416

81. University of La Verne

La Verne

For Engineering

#990 in the United States

#1061 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1137
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $25,103

82. Antioch University

Culver

For Engineering

#994 in the United States

#1065 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 867
Male:Female: 26:74

83. Bethesda University

Anaheim

For Engineering

#1006 in the United States

#1077 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $21,746
Receiving Aid: 81%
Average Aid: $2,786

84. United States University

For Engineering

#1022 in the United States

#1093 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $13,529
Receiving Aid: 75%
Average Aid: $3,125

85. California Baptist University

Riverside

For Engineering

#1031 in the United States

#1102 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Net Price: $27,304
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $22,757

86. Cypress College

Cypress

For Engineering

#1044 in the United States

#1115 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $7,377
Enrollment: 13,523

87. Point Loma Nazarene University

For Engineering

#1046 in the United States

#1117 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $34,933
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $19,422

88. Pardee RAND Graduate School

Santa Monica

For Engineering

#1061 in the United States

#1132 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 126
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1970

89. Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita

For Engineering

#1063 in the United States

#1134 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $30,783
Receiving Aid: 62%
Average Aid: $13,010

90. Saybrook University

Oakland

For Engineering

#1064 in the United States

#1135 in North America

Enrollment: 1,013
Male:Female: 16:84
Founded: 1971

91. Samuel Merritt University

Oakland

For Engineering

#1070 in the United States

#1141 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Enrollment: 1,911
Male:Female: 23:77
Founded: 1909

92. Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

For Engineering

#1072 in the United States

#1143 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Net Price: $39,401
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $2,599

93. Southern States University

For Engineering

#1089 in the United States

#1161 in North America

Net Price: $2,640
Receiving Aid: 6%
Average Aid: $5,478
Enrollment: 358

94. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Engineering

#1120 in the United States

#1192 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 2,145
Male:Female: 18:82
Founded: 1968

95. California Western School of Law

For Engineering

#1158 in the United States

#1233 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 623
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1924

96. Northcentral University