2025 Best Architectural Engineering Schools in California
1College in California
41Architectural Engineering Degrees Awarded
$75,375Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in architectural engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #239 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in California to review for the 2025 Best Architectural Engineering Schools in California ranking.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Architectural Engineering Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Architectural Engineering in California
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the architectural engineering degree levels they offer.
Top California Schools in Architectural Engineering
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in architectural engineering. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public university located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.
Those architectural engineering students who get their degree from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo earn $5,106 more than the standard architectural engineering graduate.
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).
