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Oakland, CA (population: 412,612) has two engineering schools within its city limits. Laney College, the highest ranked school in the city with an engineering program, has a total student population of 13,627. It is the 4259th highest ranked school in the USA and the 395th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about engineering programs in Oakland, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of engineering professors at Laney College such as Samir Abboud, Kawahara, Mahmood Noii, Solomon Obolu, and Louis Quindlen.

Engineering students from Oakland schools who go on to become engineers, audio engineers, aerospace engineers, automotive engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,412,730 people working as architecture and engineering employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,590. Also, Aerospace engineers make on average $96,270 per year and there are about 70,570 of them employed in the US today.

Oakland lies in Alameda county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metropolitan area has 990,570 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $26/hr average worker wage, and a $54,590 average annual salary.

Of the 2 engineering schools in Oakland, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Merritt College comes out as the most expensive ($9,221/yr) for engineering students, with Laney College as the lowest, reported at only $7,253/yr.

Engineering Programs in Oakland


Laney College
  • Engineering technologies/technicians
    Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
Merritt College
  • Engineering technologies/technicians
    Levels offered: Associates

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