2025 Best General Systems Engineering Schools in California
4Colleges in California
498General Systems Engineering Degrees Awarded
A degree in general systems engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #209 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general systems engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 498 degrees in general systems engineering annually.
Choosing a Great General Systems Engineering School
The general systems engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Systems Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Systems Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your General Systems Engineering Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Systems Engineering Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Systems Engineering in California
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general systems engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top California Schools in General Systems Engineering
University of Southern California is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general systems engineering. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 general systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of California - San Diego if you wish to pursue a degree in general systems engineering. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 general systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year.
Loyola Marymount University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general systems engineering. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 29th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 25 general systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent data year.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general systems engineering. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 60th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 15 general systems engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly Pomona in the most recent data year.
General Systems Engineering Related Rankings by Major
One of 0 majors within the Systems Engineering area of study, General Systems Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
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