2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Engineering Science is the 337th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering science 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 Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, California

#1 in overall quality

$18,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sonoma State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. SSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Rohnert Park, California. It awarded 7 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

SSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sonoma State University are $18,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering Science at Sonoma State University

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

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.

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