2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 123 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering science 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Washington State University is located in Pullman, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Washington State University

#2

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 Engineering Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 5 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also made our “Best General Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSD are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UCSD General Engineering Science Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (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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