2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

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 General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Systems Engineering is the 212th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 512 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general systems engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree general systems engineering students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

University of California - San Diego

La Jolla, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,631 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s general systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of California - Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #2 spot on the list. University of California - Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s general systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Santa Cruz, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Santa Cruz are $28,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering (With Aid)

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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