2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Structural Engineering is the 665th most popular major in the country with 337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 260 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great structural engineering programs and 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 structural engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The structural engineering 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 Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value Structural Engineering 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 structural engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering in the Far Western US Region

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#2 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. San Diego State University is located in San Diego, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s structural engineering degrees to qualified students.

SDSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SDSU are $18,658, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Structural Engineering at San Diego State University

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified doctorate’s structural engineering students in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of California - San Diego Structural Engineering Report

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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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