2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 95 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general materials engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Doctorate in Virginia

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering

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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