2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Materials Engineering is the 189th most popular major in the country with 3,485 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 62 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general materials engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general materials engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general materials engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree materials processing and manufacturing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Colorado

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 9 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at CU - Boulder

#2

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$39,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #2 spot on the list. Mines is a medium-sized public school situated in Golden, Colorado. It awarded 15 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mines are $39,800, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Colorado School of Mines General Materials Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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