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2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
237 Degrees Awarded
$21,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,319 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States. 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 Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related fields programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 76 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid list, Stanford has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stanford University is $11,496 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at Stanford University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Northridge, California, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

CSUN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for CSUN is $8,414 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

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#3

San Jose State University

San Jose, California
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jose State University landed the #3 spot on the list. San Jose State is a large public school situated in San Jose, California. It awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $14,928 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid per year to attend San Jose State University.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Chico. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Chico State is a fairly large public school situated in Chico, California. It awarded 45 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

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 Chico State is $15,017 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Chico State Engineering-Related Fields Report

#5

University of the Pacific

Stockton, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Pacific. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Pacific is a medium-sized school located in Stockton, California that handed out 9 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Pacific also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pacific is $28,929 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Full Pacific Engineering-Related Fields Report

#6

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, California

With a ranking of #6, Art Center College of Design did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

Art Center College of Design not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $47,080 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Fields students with aid per year to attend Art Center College of Design.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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