2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Engineering Science is the 337th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 123 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering science degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UCSD also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering Science at UCSD

#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Washington State University is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 4 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Wazzu

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (With Aid)

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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