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Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

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 analysis found California State University Maritime Academy to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in California. Located in the midsize city of Vallejo, Cal Maritime is a public school with a fairly 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

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in California. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSULB are $6,884 per 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 city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSUN are $7,069 per year.

Full Engineering Technologies at California State University - Northridge Report

#4

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means San Diego State University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SDSU are $8,174 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SDSU also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in California ranking.

Full Engineering Technologies at San Diego State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Cal Poly Pomona excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in California list.

Full Engineering Technologies at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Report

California State University - Chico 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 #6 on the list. Chico State is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Chico.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chico State are $7,972 per year.

Full Engineering Technologies at California State University - Chico Report

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 school with a very large student population.

Fresno State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,663 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, California State University - Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal State LA are $6,805 per year.

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San Jose State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

San Jose State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,899 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Dominguez Hills 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 #10 on the list. CSUDH is a large public school located in the city of Carson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSUDH are $7,060 a year.

Full Engineering Technologies at California State University - Dominguez Hills Report

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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