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2023 Best Value Other Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,048 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Other Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

With 419 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, other engineering is the #138 most popular major in California.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Other Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for other engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Other Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Other Engineering

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in California for other engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

SDSU graduate students pay an average of $9,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Other Engineering at San Diego State University

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value other engineering schools in California. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSD are $13,564 a year.

Full Other Engineering at University of California - San Diego Report

#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great value for other engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Stanford are $55,011 a year.

Stanford also made our Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list, coming in at #1.

Full Other Engineering at Stanford University Report

Best Value Other Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Other Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1
Oregon 33
Nevada 14

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

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 3 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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