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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$33,388 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,554 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering-related fields was ranked #36 in the country. In fact 6,553 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering-related fields students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our analysis found California State University - Northridge to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSUN are $18,949 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Chico. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Chico State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chico.

Chico State undergraduate students pay an average of $19,852 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that engineering-related fields majors at Chico State take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $17,391.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

San Jose State undergraduate students pay an average of $19,779 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 5 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stanford are $58,416 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Stanford is ranked #1 for overall quality for engineering-related fields in the Far Western US Region .

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Art Center College of Design. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Art Center College of Design is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Art Center College of Design are $49,942 a year. Engineering-Related Fields majors at Art Center College of Design take out an average of $38,072 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Explore the best engineering-related fields colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 216
Oregon 0

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering 5,903
Packaging Science 378
Other Engineering-Related Fields 152
Engineering Design 120

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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