Originally Posted by
Scooper
For engineering, I'd be thinking UC Berkeley, Stanford, Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo and Pomona), Cal Tech (Pasadena), USC, and UCLA. Stanford, USC, and Cal Tech are private schools ($$$$), while Berkeley, Cal Poly, and UCLA are state schools.
BTW, Santa Clara is a private Jesuit school, not part of the UC system.
Stanford has a generous scholarship policy and the rest will probably be covered by his GI Bill funds (assuming honorable discharge). There are some great riding roads around Stanford. I loved to climb the Portola Valley roads. If you can get into Stanford, I would highly suggest going there.