2025 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

General Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #59 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 300 master's degrees in general engineering to qualified students.

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

Your choice of general engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality 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

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt general engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general 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 General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Engineering in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general engineering.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Engineering

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

123 Annual Graduates

$135,373 Median Starting Salary

University of California - Los Angeles is a wonderful option for students pursuing a master's degree in general engineering. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Los Angeles.

Those general engineering students who get their master's degree from University of California - Los Angeles make $25,926 more than the typical engineering student.

More information about a master’s in general engineering from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of California - Riverside
Riverside, CA

55 Annual Graduates

$102,364 Median Starting Salary

University of California - Riverside is a good decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in general engineering. UCR is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Riverside.

Students who graduate with their master's from the engineering program state that they receive average early career earnings of $102,364.

More information about a master’s in general engineering from University of California - Riverside

3

California State University - Fresno
Fresno, CA

12 Annual Graduates

California State University - Fresno is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in general engineering. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in general engineering from California State University - Fresno

4

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

28 Annual Graduates

San Francisco State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in general engineering. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in general engineering from San Francisco State University

5

University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA

25 Annual Graduates

$90,603 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the engineering program report average early career income of $90,603.

More information about a master’s in general engineering from University of the Pacific

Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	261
Washington	183	4
Oregon	158	15

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General Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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

Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	300

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	1,998
Mechanical Engineering	1,384
Civil Engineering	1,260
Computer Engineering	1,250
Biomedical Engineering	572
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	399
Other Engineering	355
Operations Research	306
Systems Engineering	301
Materials Engineering	300

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp. More about our data sources and methodologies.