2022 Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Agricultural Engineering is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 1,564 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, agricultural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,175 and had an average of $22,449 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 47 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 agricultural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 agricultural engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree ae students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value AE Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. UC Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural Engineering 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 University of California - Davis are $28,700.

Read full report on Agricultural Engineering at University of California - Davis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Agricultural Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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