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2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$29,842 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,509 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Architectural Engineering School for You

Architectural Engineering is the #237 most popular major in the country with 1,012 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for architectural engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for architectural engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Architectural Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo the best value school in the Far Western US Region for architectural engineering students. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo undergraduate students pay an average of $28,105 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that architectural engineering majors at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo take out is $24,876. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $481.

In addition to its great value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Architectural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
$31,579 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best architectural engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Oregon State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,579 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering at Oregon State University

Best Architectural Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best architectural engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 50
Oregon 6

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One of 40 majors within the area of study, architectural engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Architectural Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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