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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$14,160 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,930 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 266 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #70 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Engineering Doctor's Degree 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 engineering doctor's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for general engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very 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 General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in California rankings.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 4
Oregon 15
Alaska 3

General Engineering 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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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