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2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,485 people earned their degree in general materials engineering, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 150 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general materials engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general materials engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general materials engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Butte, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Montana Tech also made our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana Tech are $19,429, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at Montana Technological University

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials processing and manufacturing students in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at U of U

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 9 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

#4

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Golden, Colorado, and it awarded 15 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines also made our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mines are $39,800.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at Mines

#5

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Boise State also made our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State University are $26,566.

Full Boise State General Materials Engineering Report

#6

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

University of Idaho landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 2 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of I are $29,112.

Full University of Idaho General Materials Engineering Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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