2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Trasportation Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 California, there were 19 trasportation engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 trasportation engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in trasportation engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great trasportation engineering programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The transportation engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k.

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

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also took the #0 spot in our “Best Trasportation Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at UC Davis

#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s transportation engineering students in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Trasportation Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Trasportation Engineering at University of Southern California

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