2025 Best Computer Engineering Technology Schools in California
4Colleges in California
231Computer Engineering Tech Degrees Awarded
$45,398Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, computer engineering technology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #181 out of 395 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for computer engineering technology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 231 degrees in computer engineering technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Computer Engineering Technology School
Your choice of computer engineering technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for computer engineering technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Computer Engineering Technology Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Engineering Technology Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Computer Engineering Technology in California
The schools below may not offer all types of computer engineering tech degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top California Schools in Computer Engineering Tech
California State University - Long Beach is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in computer engineering technology. CSULB is a very large public university located in the large city of Long Beach.
There were about 6 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Fresno Pacific University if you wish to pursue a degree in computer engineering technology. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were about 5 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Fresno Pacific in the most recent year we have data available. Those computer engineering technology students who get their degree from Fresno Pacific University make $25,005 more than the typical computer engineering tech student.
It's difficult to beat California Institute of Arts & Technology if you wish to pursue a degree in computer engineering technology. Located in the city of San Diego, California Institute of Arts & Technology is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 159 computer engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at California Institute of Arts & Technology in the most recent data year. Those computer engineering technology students who get their degree from California Institute of Arts & Technology earn $3,380 more than the typical computer engineering tech student.
It is difficult to beat California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City if you want to pursue a degree in computer engineering technology. Located in the large suburb of National City, is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
Those computer engineering technology students who get their degree from California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City make $3,380 more than the typical computer engineering tech grad.
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).
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