2022 Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Structural Engineering is the 665th most popular major in the country with 337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 256 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in structural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality structural engineering 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 structural engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree structural engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 20 doctorate’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UCSD Structural Engineering Report

#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

#2 in overall quality

$18,658 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Diego, California, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s structural engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SDSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Structural Engineering Doctor’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 SDSU are $18,658.

Full San Diego State University Structural Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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