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2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California

6 Ranked Colleges
115 Degrees Awarded
$39,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Civil Engineering is the 36th most popular major in the country with 20,913 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 2,969 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general civil engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in California

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

UCLA also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #2 spot on the list. UC Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 18 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Davis, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California list. University of California - Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #4 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california doctor’s degree general civil engineering students list, UC Berkeley has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

#5

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 8 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

Stanford University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California ranking. Stanford University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 36 doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Stanford also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford University are $55,011, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California
#5 in overall quality

California Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California list. Pasadena, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general civil engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california doctor’s degree general civil engineering students list, Caltech has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Caltech are $56,649, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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