2025 Best Other Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California

a master's degree in other engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #91 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Other Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 353 master's degrees in other engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Other Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

The other engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality other engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for other engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Other Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Other Engineering in California

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for other engineering students seeking a a master's degree.

Top California Schools for a Master's in Other Engineering

1

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

14 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in other engineering needs to look into Stanford University. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Stanford.More information about a master’s in other engineering from Stanford University

2

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

84 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in other engineering. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.More information about a master’s in other engineering from University of California - Berkeley

3

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

37 Annual Graduates

$142,225 Median Starting Salary

University of California - San Diego is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in other engineering. UCSD is a very large public university located in the city of La Jolla.

Master's recipients from the other engineering degree program at University of California - San Diego get $20,222 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in other engineering from University of California - San Diego

4

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

216 Annual Graduates

$101,781 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a master's degree in other engineering. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Soon after graduating, other engineering master's recipients typically make around $101,781 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in other engineering from University of Southern California

Best Other Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Other Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	183	0
Oregon	158	5
Nevada	105	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Other Engineering

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Other Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Other Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Engineering	353

Most Popular Majors Related to Other Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	1,742
Computer Engineering	1,245
Mechanical Engineering	1,131
Civil Engineering	962
Biomedical Engineering	538
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	355
Operations Research	306
General Engineering	291
Systems Engineering	291
Materials Engineering	228

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.