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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$15,943 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,857 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Engineering Technologies is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 4,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in California to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named California State University Maritime Academy the best value school in California for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Vallejo, Cal Maritime is a public school with a small student population.

Cal Maritime undergraduate students pay an average of $7,116 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering Technologies at California State University Maritime Academy Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSULB are $6,884 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSUN are $7,069 a year.

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#4

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

SDSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,174 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, SDSU also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Engineering Technologies at San Diego State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public college with a very large student population.

Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate students pay an average of $7,439 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cal Poly Pomona also is in the top 20% of our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in California ranking.

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California State University - Chico landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering technologies programs. Chico State is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Chico.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Chico State are $7,972 a year.

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With a ranking of #7, California State University - Fresno did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fresno State are $6,663 per year.

Full Engineering Technologies at California State University - Fresno Report

San Jose State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jose State are $7,899 per year.

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California State University - Los Angeles came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal State LA are $6,805 a year.

Full Engineering Technologies at California State University - Los Angeles Report

California State University - Dominguez Hills ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSUDH are $7,060 per year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alaska 112
Hawaii 91
Washington 2,537
Oregon 592
Nevada 286

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,205
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299
General Engineering Technology 3,841
Quality Control Technology 3,720
Computer Engineering Technology 3,509
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,907
Energy Systems Technologies 1,277
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239
Civil Engineering Technology 1,155
Engineering-Related Technologies 969
Mining & Petroleum Technology 410
Nuclear Engineering Technology 235
Nanotechnology 104

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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