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2023 Best Value Other Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$36,513 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,649 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Other Engineering is the #79 most popular major in California with 245 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Other Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for other engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Other Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for other engineering majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Other Engineering

Our analysis found California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo to be the best value school for other engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a fairly 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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also claimed a spot on our Best Other Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Other Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo Report

Out of the 2 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 2 spot on the list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USC are $61,396 a year.

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Best Value Other Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 13
Nevada 14

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

Majors Similar to Other Engineering

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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