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2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$10,195 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,509 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Architectural Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 8 degrees and certificates were awarded to architectural engineering students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #229 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in California ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the architectural engineering programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Architectural Engineering School

$10,195 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo the best value school in California for architectural engineering students. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $10,195 per year.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also claimed a spot on our Best Architectural Engineering Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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State Degrees Awarded

One of 39 majors within the area of study, architectural engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Architectural Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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