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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (Income Over $110k) in the Far Western US Region

6 Ranked Colleges
237 Degrees Awarded
$34,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering-Related Fields is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,319 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 728 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $85,433 and $29,567 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 237 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related fields 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 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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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k.

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Northridge, California, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUN also took the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Northridge is $8,414 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at California State University - Northridge

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Chico. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Chico State is located in Chico, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

Chico State also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Chico is $15,017 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Chico State

#3

San Jose State University

San Jose, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k list. San Jose, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

San Jose State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Jose State University is $14,928 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at San Jose State University

#4

Stanford University

Stanford, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k. This fairly large school is located in Stanford, California, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Stanford is $11,496 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Stanford Engineering-Related Fields Report

#5

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Pacific landed the #5 spot on the list. Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Stockton, California. It awarded 9 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of the Pacific is $28,929 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Pacific

#6

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, California

Art Center College of Design came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

Art Center College of Design also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Art Center College of Design is $47,080 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Art Center College of Design

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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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