2024 Best Trasportation Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Trasportation Engineering isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #537 in popularity out of 1172 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Trasportation Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 58 master's degrees in trasportation engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to trasportation engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other trasportation engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized trasportation engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for trasportation engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Trasportation Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Trasportation Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Trasportation Engineering in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in trasportation engineering.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Transportation Engineering

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in trasportation engineering has to take a look at University of Southern California. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a master’s in trasportation engineering from University of Southern California

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 Annual Graduates

University of Washington - Seattle Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in trasportation engineering. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in trasportation engineering from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Best Trasportation Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best trasportation engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	675	21
Washington	402	37
Nevada	126	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Transportation Engineering

One of 5 majors within the Civil Engineering area of study, Trasportation Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	989
Structural Engineering	133
Civil Engineering	55
Water Resources Engineering	4
Geoenvironmental Engineering	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons. More about our data sources and methodologies.