Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in California

Schools Ranked

$67,608

Avg. Program Earnings

75.6%

Avg. Graduation Rate

Top 25 Schools

College rankings
#	School	Median Earnings	Graduation Rate	School Type
1	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California	$83,177	93.2%	private-nonprofit
2	California State University Maritime Academy Vallejo, California	$78,971	66.8%	public
3	Stanford University Stanford, California	$78,343	92.8%	private-nonprofit
4	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California	$75,518	92.9%	public
5	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California	$74,576	88.5%	private-nonprofit
6	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California	$74,038	85.2%	public
7	California Baptist University Riverside, California	$68,499	59.5%	private-nonprofit
8	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, California	$67,918	66.7%	public
9	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California	$67,846	87.6%	public
10	University of Southern California Los Angeles, California	$67,420	92.0%	private-nonprofit
11	University of California-Davis Davis, California	$67,324	85.1%	public
12	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California	$67,324	92.7%	public
13	University of San Diego San Diego, California	$67,324	81.6%	private-nonprofit
14	California State University-Northridge Northridge, California	$66,756	56.2%	public
15	California State University-Chico Chico, California	$66,222	63.6%	public
16	San Diego State University San Diego, California	$65,089	78.3%	public
17	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, California	$65,029	69.9%	public
18	San Jose State University San Jose, California	$63,600	64.7%	public
19	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, California	$63,005	55.8%	public
20	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, California	$62,792	69.2%	public
21	San Francisco State University San Francisco, California	$61,516	50.1%	public
22	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California	$60,452	85.3%	public
23	California State University-Fresno Fresno, California	$60,230	54.8%	public
24	University of California-Riverside Riverside, California	$59,912	76.6%	public
25	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California	$57,318	79.8%	private-nonprofit