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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Science, Technology & Society is the 225th most popular major in the country with 1,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 73 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $12,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in science, technology and society. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great science, technology and society programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s science, tech and society students in 2019-2020.

Stanford also took the #1 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stanford University is $11,496 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of California - Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Davis, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UC Davis is $14,669 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at UC Davis

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #3 spot on the list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large school located in Pomona, California that handed out 2 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is $12,734 for far western us region bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Cal Poly Pomona Science, Technology & Society Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Bothell Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Bothell, Washington, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s science, tech and society students in 2019-2020.

UW Bothell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $11,060 for far western us region bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students with aid per year to attend University of Washington - Bothell Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at UW Bothell

#5

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Puget Sound. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees to qualified students.

Puget Sound also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Puget Sound is $35,149 for far western us region bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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