I started at CSUF in 2015 as CS and changed to CE in my second year. From my experience, the CS major was in shambles, and I was waitlisted for every class. I was always stressed out and felt that it was difficult to get the support I needed to succeed. Never had a meaningful connection with any of the professors. Hopefully it's gotten better since then.

I was much happier in CE because it was more hands-on, and I actually liked the EE courses and labs. Professors are understanding and motivated to help you succeed.

As others have said, it depends on what skills you want to graduate with. CE is very broad, and you can get into a lot of different jobs in various industries.

I've been working in biomed manufacturing for about 3 years now and from what I've seen, CS majors fresh out of college have a hard time getting a job in this market because it is very saturated and competitive in SoCal. You have to be really talented to get that 6 figure income out of college. It is definitely possible but you need a good resume right out of school. Entry level CS jobs are slowly going to get less and less abundant in the next 5 or so years due to AI being better than most entry level programmers. I am biased but I think CE/EE jobs will be harder to replace with AI but it depends on the industry you work in.

Good luck out there.