2026 Best Value Trasportation Engineering Schools in Washington
[Trasportation Engineering](/majors/engineering/civil-engineering/transportation-highway-engineering/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for trasportation engineering students.
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2026 Best Value Trasportation Engineering Schools in Washington
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in trasportation engineering, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Trasportation Engineering Schools
Our analysis ranked University Of Washington Seattle Campus the best value for a degree in trasportation engineering in Washington. Located in the city of Seattle, University Of Washington Seattle Campus is a very large public university. Students from in state pay about $12,973 in tuition and fees, with out-of-state students paying around $43,209. Students borrow a median of $14,874 to complete the trasportation engineering program here. Soon after graduation, trasportation engineering degree recipients from University Of Washington Seattle Campus generally make around $80,410. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. The acceptance rate is 39%.
Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
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