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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields in California (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
391 Degrees Awarded
$28,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master's in California For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 California, there were 636 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,950 and $29,567 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 391 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree engineering-related fields students with aid.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Stanford University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stanford, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 130 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stanford, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’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 Stanford are $55,011.

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#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 Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Northridge, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

CSUN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State University - Northridge are $17,955, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Los Angeles landed the #3 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal State LA, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’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 Cal State LA are $17,723.

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#4

San Jose State University

San Jose, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Located in San Jose, California, this large public school handed out 65 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2019-2020.

San Jose State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’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 San Jose State University are $18,790.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #5 spot on the list. California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is a public institution located in Pomona, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’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 Cal Poly Pomona are $18,377.

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#6

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Santa Clara, California, and it awarded 27 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCU are $23,507, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, California
#5 in overall quality

Art Center College of Design landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid ranking. Art Center College of Design is located in Pasadena, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Art Center College of Design, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’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 Art Center College of Design are $49,090.

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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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