2022 Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 119 people earned their degree in trasportation engineering, making the major the 920th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 65 trasportation engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 trasportation engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in trasportation engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality trasportation 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 trasportation 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 Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Trasportation Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s transportation engineering degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Trasportation Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#3 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #2 spot on the list. UC Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 3 masters’s transportation engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #3 spot in our “Best Trasportation Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#3

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

$21,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #3 spot on the list. UNLV is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 1 masters’s transportation engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNLV also made our “Best Trasportation Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Las Vegas are $21,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at UNLV

#4

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 12 masters’s transportation engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Trasportation Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Southern California Trasportation Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Trasportation Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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