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

1 Ranked Colleges
6 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 1,382 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,483 and $12,706 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general 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 general engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $30-$48k. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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