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2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$22,507 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$139,530 Avg Salary

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

Electrical Engineering is the #12 most popular major in California with 2,199 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for EE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

Check out the EE doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $14,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley also took the #3 spot in our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California rankings.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Berkeley Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electrical engineering schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCLA are $13,036 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Santa Barbara helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electrical engineering schools in California. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSB are $13,581 a year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

Out of the 10 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

UCSD graduate students pay an average of $13,564 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 10 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Davis are $13,608 per year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Davis Report

With a ranking of #6, University of California - Irvine did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Irvine are $13,356 a year.

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University of California - Riverside landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a very large student population.

UCR graduate students pay an average of $13,467 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of California - Santa Cruz came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Santa Cruz are $13,895 per year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of California - Santa Cruz Report

University of Southern California came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Southern California Report

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Stanford are $55,011 a year.

Stanford not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Stanford University

Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 230
Oregon 72
Nevada 17
Hawaii 14
Alaska 5

Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 10 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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