<p>Which Cal State campus is best for engineering?</p>
<p>MIT .</p>
<p>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or so I've heard.</p>
<p>Cal Poly SLO is probably the most highly regarded overall, but there are also some strong engineering programs at other CSUs, such as Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Long Beach, San Jose State, and California Maritime Academy. </p>
<p>Different CSUs have strengths in different branches of engineering, so it might help if you were more specific.</p>
<p>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, by far. After that, San Jose State is a decent, if not distant, second.</p>
<p>It may not be the best...but...</p>
<p>If you need some transfer graduate statistics courses, Cal-State Dominguez Hills can't be beat. $500 course??...are you kidding me?</p>
<p>I snatched up those 9 credits and applied it to my M.S. Engineering degree at University of Wisconsin.</p>
<p>SLO has the most high quality engineering majors, strong across the board. cal poly pomona is next but just dropped materials engineering and is far behind in aeronautical engineering. but very distinguished in civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and engineering tech, which is san jose state's long suit. anything related to high tech and you win at san jose, particularly with its excellent outreach programs around the bay area.</p>
<p>dominguez hills...huh? don't even have a program and typically ranked 22d or 23d (of 23) in the system. a great place to drive by with the oil derricks in view.</p>
<p>and yes, maritime. very specialized program at a very small school. but i hear vallejo is beautiful.</p>
<p>If I go to San Jose state for EE, will it's close proximity to high tech companies help me, or will they snub me for higher ranked program graduates?</p>
<p>Tech companies definitely hire a lot of San Jose State grads simply because it's nearby and they're familiar with the program. I mean, you're not going to get hired before the Stanford/Berkeley grad, but you're still in better shape than the other Cal State grads. Also, I believe San Jose State is ranked in the top 5 for non-PhD EE schools, along with Cal Poly SLO.</p>
<p>blue is correct. san jose gets smacked too much on these boards. it is the oldest CSU (1852--i have heard the oldest public in the west) and one of the best. you have major league sports, the tenth largest city in the nation, good facilities, and highly regarded faculty. and more CEOs as alums than any other school among the 23 in the cal state system. yes, there is a san jose mafia, and they do hire their own, particularly in engineering, journalism, business and various other areas. and yes, the electrical program there by all accounts is very solid.</p>
<p>According to 06' US News for engineering, (sorry, don't have any other source).</p>
<p>1) Cal Poly SLO
2) Cal Poly Pomona
3) San Jose State
4) CSULA
5) CSU Long Beach</p>
<p>6) CSU Sacramento
7) CSU Northridge
8) CSU Fullerton
9) San Francisco State
10) Cal. Maritime Academy
11) CSU Chico</p>
<p>i'd probably stick with the top three based on feedback i've heard from alumni around the state unless you target a specialized program like perhaps maritime, though beach as a university really has been on the move lately.</p>
<p>For completeness, Cal State Fresno and San Diego State also offer Engineering, but weren't ranked on Truman94's list.</p>
<p>I go to Cal Poly SLO, and I highly doubt that any Bay Area employer would take an SJSU grad over a CPSU grad (assuming equal numbers).</p>
<p>Folks,</p>
<p>I know a guy in my group at work. He is from the Washington DC area but went to CSU-Fresno. He majored in EE but now does Java programming for our employer. He makes well over 6-figures.</p>
<p>And get this, he told me that is EE area was control systems. He said our employer didn't even care about his major. All they did was verified that he graduated.</p>
<p>What's "well over six figures?" Six and a half? Seven?</p>
<p>Slorg,</p>
<p>To answer your question...$150,000-$200,000, depending on if you want to directly work for a company or be an independent contractor. That's very good for a 9-to-5, maybe not owning a company where there is more pressure and responsibility.</p>
<p>SJSU has a solid engineering program. More importantly, due to its proximity to Silicon Valley, SJSU students have access to a lot of internship oppurtunities. At the end of the day, internships lead to jobs.
Guess that school has the most graduates working as engineerings in the valley (Hint: It's not Cal, Stanford, MIT, IIT, etc.). Yes, you guessed it, it is SJSU!</p>
<p>I was about to state that one of SJSU's advantages is its proximity to the silicon valley (in the midst of it) and therefore many available internships nearby but then I saw that StanEE just said the same thing. But, to continue anyway, internships frequently lead to job offers with those companies and even if it doesn't pan out, offers great opportunity for experience. This is a real plus for engineering.</p>
<p>I agree that CalPoly SLO has a great rep and is one of the best CalStates for engineering.</p>