For what it's worth, my (very recent) graduating class has a 100% job placement for companies such like: P&G, GE, Department of Defense, Texas Instruments, Intel, Dow Chemical, Honda R&D, Marathon, L-3, Citi, Northrup Grumman, etc. For a "dressed-up voc-ed" program, we must be doing something right. But then again, I did decide to turn down Purdue and OSU to go to UC. So what do I know? ;)
It's not a school without fault, but the College of Engineering provides a top-notch undergraduate education. BTW, the "dressed-up voc-ed" program is called OCAS, not Engineering or DAAP. As for A/S, it's hit or miss over there. But I did have excellent instructors for calculus and physics.