2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s 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 Master’s 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$29,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. WPI is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 20 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UCONN General Materials Engineering Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 40 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at Boston U

• Best Value Master’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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