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

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 Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 557 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general 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 engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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Best Value 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 engineering students.

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

#1

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

#1 in overall quality

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. Located in Berkeley, California, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at UC Berkeley

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region doctor’s degree engineering students list, UAF has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Engineering 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 UAF are $24,287.

Read more about General Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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