2025 Best Other Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in other engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #97 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for other engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 39 doctor's degrees in other engineering to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other other engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other engineering students working on their doctor'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 Other Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Other Engineering in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in other engineering.

Top California Schools for a Doctorate in Other Engineering

1

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Stanford University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in other engineering. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Stanford.More information about a doctorate in other engineering from Stanford University

2

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

University of California - San Diego is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in other engineering. UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the city of La Jolla.More information about a doctorate in other engineering from University of California - San Diego

Best Other Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Other Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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Rankings in Majors Related to Other Engineering

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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.