Coachella, CA (population: 42,148) has eighteen electronics schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. University of California-San Diego, the highest ranked school in this group with an electronics program, has a total student population of 28,418. It is the 22nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 4th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Electronics students from Coachella schools who go on to become electronic workers, electricians, electronic technologists, electronics engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 193,570 people working as electrical and electronic equipment assemblers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $30,690. Also, Electrical and electronic engineering technicians make on average $55,410 per year and there are about 154,050 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area alone, there are 890 employed electrical and electronic engineering technicians earning an average salary of $60,970. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers in this area earn $29,940/yr and there are 1,070 employed.
Coachella lies in Riverside county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area has 1,197,590 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $41,840 average annual salary. Thus, about 1 out of every 1000 jobs in Coachella are held by electrical and electronic equipment assemblers, and 1/1000 are held by electrical and electronic engineering technicians.
Of the 18 electronics schools with a 100-mile radius of Coachella, only 13 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of San Diego comes out as the most expensive ($30,044/yr) for electronics students, with Imperial Valley College as the lowest, reported at only $3,539/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Coachella |
Palm Desert | CA | 52,240 | 2 | 19.2411 | 98 | 13.7 miles |
Cathedral City | CA | 53,114 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.6 miles |
Joshua Tree | CA | - | 1 | 9.13844 | 48 | 32.8 miles |
Temecula | CA | 104,516 | 3 | 32.0583 | 15 | 57.8 miles |
Escondido | CA | 139,583 | 1 | 0.0163751 | 0 | 64.9 miles |
Imperial | CA | - | 1 | 12.7761 | 93 | 66.7 miles |
Lake Elsinore | CA | 56,703 | 0 | - | 0 | 67.4 miles |
San Marcos | CA | 82,614 | 4 | 36.7693 | 363 | 69.7 miles |
El Centro | CA | 41,304 | 1 | 33.1701 | 10 | 70.4 miles |
San Bernardino | CA | 199,314 | 10 | 20.0516 | 225 | 72.8 miles |
Riverside | CA | 302,653 | 8 | 32.5108 | 359 | 74.1 miles |
Carlsbad | CA | 99,613 | 3 | 21.734 | 46 | 76.4 miles |
Encinitas | CA | 61,488 | 0 | - | 0 | 77.5 miles |
Calexico | CA | 40,668 | 1 | 18.1826 | 0 | 78.7 miles |
Fontana | CA | 191,526 | 0 | - | 0 | 80.6 miles |
San Diego | CA | 1,309,749 | 32 | 21.506 | 824 | 83.1 miles |
Mission Viejo | CA | 95,388 | 1 | 19.6994 | 137 | 86.5 miles |
Rancho Cucamonga | CA | 176,424 | 3 | 21.593 | 139 | 87.0 miles |
Ontario | CA | 174,731 | 7 | 23.7233 | 124 | 87.7 miles |
Chula Vista | CA | 226,606 | 2 | 21.0599 | 146 | 89.1 miles |
Victorville | CA | 119,377 | 3 | 19.2694 | 99 | 89.1 miles |
Laguna Niguel | CA | 65,471 | 0 | - | 0 | 89.9 miles |
Aliso Viejo | CA | 42,862 | 1 | 75.2668 | 4 | 91.3 miles |
Chino | CA | 84,585 | 0 | - | 0 | 91.4 miles |
Chino Hills | CA | 74,322 | 0 | - | 0 | 94.1 miles |
Yorba Linda | CA | 67,194 | 0 | - | 0 | 94.3 miles |
Laguna Beach | CA | - | 1 | 20.4608 | 2 | 94.6 miles |
Claremont | CA | - | 9 | 42.2091 | 338 | 94.6 miles |
Tustin | CA | 74,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 95.6 miles |
Pomona | CA | 154,638 | 7 | 31.7114 | 195 | 96.1 miles |