2022 Best Value Networking Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Networking Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 14,814 people earned their degree in computer systems networking, making the major the 112th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer systems networking graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,649 and had an average of $26,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 2,187 computer systems networking graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,556 and $32,622 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 computer systems networking graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer systems networking programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computer systems networking program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The networking school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Networking Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value Networking Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree networking students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Systems Networking in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Irvine

Irvine, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,456 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Networking Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #1 spot on the list. UC Irvine is a large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 4 doctorate’s networking degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer Systems Networking Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456.

Read more about Computer Systems Networking at University of California - Irvine

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Systems Networking

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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