2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in Colorado (With Aid)

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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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general materials engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general materials engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

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 Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized school located in Golden, Colorado that handed out 8 doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at Mines

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• 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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