2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in Alabama

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking.

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 Alabama, there were 65 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree materials processing and manufacturing students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in Alabama

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 11 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at Auburn University

#2

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large public school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 13 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at UAB

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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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