2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in California

If you're seeking a Bachelor's Degree in manufacturing engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #203 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 88 bachelor's degrees in manufacturing engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Manufacturing Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The manufacturing engineering bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. We created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in California ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of manufacturing engineering students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for manufacturing engineering.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Manufacturing Engineering in California

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Manufacturing Engineering Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Pomona, CA

39 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

$65,000 Median Salary

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in manufacturing engineering in California.

There were about 39 manufacturing engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly Pomona in the most recent data year.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the manufacturing engineering program report average early career earnings of $65,000.

More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

2

National University
La Jolla, CA

18 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering has to look into National University. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of La Jolla. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in manufacturing engineering in California.

There were roughly 18 manufacturing engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at National University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from National University

3

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA

17 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering has to check out California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public university located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in manufacturing engineering in California.

There were roughly 17 manufacturing engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

4

California State University - Northridge
Northridge, CA

14 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering needs to look into California State University - Northridge. CSUN is a fairly large public university located in the city of Northridge. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for bachelor's degrees in manufacturing engineering in California.

There were approximately 14 manufacturing engineering students who graduated with this degree at CSUN in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from California State University - Northridge

5

California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, CA

Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public university with a very large student population. More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from California State University - Long Beach

5

Pitzer College
Claremont, CA

Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Pitzer is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from Pitzer College

5

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. More information about a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering from University of California - Berkeley

Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Manufacturing Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	229	25
Oregon	178	15

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Rankings in Majors Related to Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Manufacturing Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	4,047
Electrical Engineering	2,475
Civil Engineering	2,147
Computer Engineering	2,009
Biomedical Engineering	1,032
Chemical Engineering	903
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	769
Industrial Engineering	339
Environmental Engineering	257
General Engineering	248

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.