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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

2 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$45,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master's in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Materials Engineering is the 150th most popular major in the country with 3,485 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $63,129 and had an average of $23,918 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 84 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,700 and $21,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in materials engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great materials engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree materials engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Maryland

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 21 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $30-$48k list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 5 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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