2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in California
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Architectural Engineering School for You
Architectural Engineering is the #249 most popular major in California with 50 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you.
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.
Best Architectural Engineering School
Our 2023 rankings named California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo the best value school in California for architectural engineering students. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo undergraduate students pay an average of $10,195 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, architectural engineering majors at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo accumulate an average of around $24,876 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $481, based on a 10-year repayment plan.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also is in the top 5% of our Best Architectural Engineering Schools in California ranking.
Request InformationBest Value Architectural Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region
Explore all the Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 6 |
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Majors Related to Architectural Engineering
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 values are for the top school 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.