2022 Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

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Trasportation Engineering is the 920th most popular major in the country with 119 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in trasportation engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent trasportation 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 trasportation engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Transportation Engineering Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree transportation engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Trasportation Engineering (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k 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 large school located in Davis, California that handed out 3 masters’s transportation engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Trasportation Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#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 $48-$75k 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 took the #1 spot in our “Best Trasportation 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 USC are $48,715.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Trasportation Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Trasportation Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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