2025 Best General Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region
9Colleges in the Far Western US Region
1,425Engineering Degrees Awarded
$77,930Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in general engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #79 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,425 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Engineering in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering degree levels they offer.
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 72 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general engineering program at University of California - Los Angeles earn $57,443 above the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Harvey Mudd College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Harvey Mudd College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Claremont. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Harvey Mudd College is a great college overall.
There were about 51 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Harvey Mudd College in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general engineering program at Harvey Mudd College make $14,561 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Any student pursuing a degree in general engineering needs to take a look at Santa Clara University. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #53 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at SCU in the most recent data year.
Gonzaga University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general engineering. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #195 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Gonzaga is a great university overall.
There were about 10 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Gonzaga in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 28th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 46 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent data year. Those general engineering students who get their degree from University of California - Riverside receive $24,434 more than the standard engineering student.
Fresno State is a very large public university located in the large city of Fresno. This university ranks 81st out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 17 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Fresno State in the most recent year we have data available.
SFSU is a very large public university located in the city of San Francisco. This university ranks 30th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 28 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at SFSU in the most recent data year.
USD is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Diego. This university ranks 35th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 18 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at USD in the most recent year we have data available.
Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Stockton. This university ranks 43rd out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 32 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent year we have data available. General Engineering degree recipients from University of the Pacific receive an earnings boost of approximately $12,673 above the typical income of general engineering graduates.
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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The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
