You didn’t specify what type of engineering, but I’m an aerospace engineering major and it’s not that bad in my opinion. Specifically for aerospace, the city of Long Beach is having more aerospace companies move in but there’s also a lot of other engineering companies nearby, that come to csulb for career fairs and presentations. There’s pretty good opportunities to learn outside of class. Cool clubs. Academic wise, it can be pretty hit or miss with professors. There’s a handful of really good professors and handful of bad professors and some in between. At the end of the day, no matter where you go, studying engineering is going to be tough.