2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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” ranking looked at 3 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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

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

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. University of Connecticut is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Connecticut General Materials Engineering Report

#1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$29,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to qualified students.

WPI 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 Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at MIT

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Boston University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed 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 Boston University are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at Boston U

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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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