2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering-Related Fields (Income $0-$30k)

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 Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Engineering-Related Fields is the 865th most popular major in the country with 167 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 101 other engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other engineering-related fields 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 other engineering-related fields 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 Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree other engineering-related fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering-Related Fields (Income $0-$30k)

#1

California State University - Chico

Chico, California

#2 in overall quality

$10,260 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Chico. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Chico, California, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s other engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Chico State also made our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Chico is $10,260 for bachelor’s degree other engineering-related fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, California

#1 in overall quality

$42,297 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Art Center College of Design. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Art Center College of Design is located in Pasadena, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 57 bachelors’s other engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

Art Center College of Design also made our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Art Center College of Design is $42,297 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Other Engineering-Related Fields at Art Center College of Design

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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