2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 New England region, there were 174 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general materials engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at MIT

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing students in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at UCONN

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Boston U General Materials Engineering Report

#4

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$29,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing students in 2019-2020.

WPI also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full WPI General Materials Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (With Aid)

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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