2022 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,604 people earned their degree in general systems engineering, making the major the 212th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 497 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general systems engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree general systems engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general systems engineering degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631.

Full University of California - San Diego General Systems Engineering Report

#2

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Santa Cruz is a public institution located in Santa Cruz, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Santa Cruz are $28,952.

Read more about General Systems Engineering at University of California - Santa Cruz

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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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