2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,604 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 164th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

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

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent systems engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for 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 be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California list. University of California - San Diego is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 7 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCSD 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 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. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large school located in Santa Cruz, California that handed out 4 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Santa Cruz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Santa Cruz are $28,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on 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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