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2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$32,128 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$139,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in the country with 11,021 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for EE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in the Far Western US Region for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSB are $28,683 per year.

UCSB excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - San Diego is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSD are $28,666 per year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

UW Seattle graduate students pay an average of $30,912 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

With a ranking of #6, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $28,710 per year.

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University of California - Irvine ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

UC Irvine graduate students pay an average of $28,458 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Irvine Report

University of Nevada - Reno landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNR are $22,380 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Washington State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 a year.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 per year.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,199
Washington 230
Oregon 72
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 5

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

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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