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2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$11,344 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,382 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Science School for You

With 6 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering science is the #235 most popular major in California.

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 Engineering Science Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering science 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in California

Check out the engineering science programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Science

#1

Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA
$7,988 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Sonoma State University to be the best value school for engineering science students who want to pursue a degree in California. Located in the large suburb of Rohnert Park, SSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

SSU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,988 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering Science at Sonoma State University

$14,700 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering science schools in California. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCSD are $14,700 per year.

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Best Value Engineering Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 3

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

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 averages are for the top 2 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 Nicolás Pérez.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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