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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

20 Colleges
$16,328 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$94,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in California to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in California

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

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named San Jose State University the best value school in California for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at San Jose State are $9,286 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC Berkeley are $14,160 a year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $11,629 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also did well on our Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 20 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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

UCLA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

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#5

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means San Diego State University is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

SDSU graduate students pay an average of $9,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Cal Poly Pomona is a very large public school located in the suburb of Pomona.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal Poly Pomona are $8,873 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, California State University - Long Beach did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSULB are $8,280 a year.

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University of California - San Diego ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSD are $13,564 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCSD is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list.

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California State University - Sacramento came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Sac State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Sacramento.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Sac State are $8,826 a year.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUN are $8,477 a year.

Full Electrical Engineering at California State University - Northridge Report

Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools 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 20 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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