2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Oregon

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 Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 2,270 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,676 and $24,485 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 408 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree engineering students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Oregon

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon list. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 210 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121.

Read full report on Engineering at Oregon State

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 168 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784.

Full Portland State University Engineering Report

#3

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Portland landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 14 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Portland, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Portland are $23,868, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Portland

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering

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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