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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 257 people earned their degree in engineering mechanics, making the major the 298th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 4 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering mechanics 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 engineering mechanics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Far Western US Region

#1

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California

#1 in overall quality

$56,649 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Caltech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Caltech are $56,649, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering Mechanics at California Institute of Technology

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics

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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