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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$35,752 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,963 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Engineering Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for other 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 Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the other engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Other Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best value school in California for other engineering students working on their master’s degree. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA graduate students pay an average of $13,036 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCLA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

Read full report on Other Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSD are $13,564 per year.

UCSD also claimed a spot on our Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.

Stanford not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

Read full report on Other Engineering at Stanford University

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value other engineering schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USC are $61,396 a year.

USC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

Full Other Engineering at University of Southern California Report

Best Value Other Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Other Engineering Schools 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 4 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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