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California Civil/Structural Engineering Schools?

After doing countless hours of research on which engineering major I'm interested in studying, I've come to an idea of civil engineering specializing in structural engineering (not 100% yet). I've seen so many of those extreme engineering episodes on TV, and everytime I see an episode I love watching it (problem solving, designing, new innovations, results etc) I'm currently in a community college, and my transfer will take quite some time with all the math & physics I must pass...but I would like to know which of the UC's or CSU's are ranked high in Engineering? Oops, forgot...I live in Sacramento, CA. Would prefer a close location, but I'm open to anywhere right now.

Public Comments

1. Cal poly is what I believe you want. campus is just above Santa Maria and about 200 miles so of Sacramento on 101. I can't remember the towns name. one just below San Louis Obisto.... Thats the engineering campus
2. For a BS degree, it does not make a big difference which school you go to. You got plenty to choose from where you are. There are CSU Sacramento, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Santa Clara University, San Jose State, and San Francisco State. If UN Reno is not too far for you, that is another option. So you can pick the school that best fits you. Berkeley is huge program, so you will only be one in a crowd. You will deal with TA's and not directly with the professors. San Francisco is a small program where the prorfessors and students will get to know each other personnally.
3. I'm doing civil/structural too. I was accepted at the UCs but attend Cal Poly in SLO because all the recruiters I talked to prefer Cal Poly's engineering program.