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2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
50 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 150 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $28,569 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in materials engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent materials engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the materials engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #1 spot on the list. Golden, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mines are $39,800, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Butte, Montana, and it awarded 6 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Montana Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montana Technological University are $19,429.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Montana Technological University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 9 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU - Boulder, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

Full CU - Boulder Materials Engineering Report

#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #4 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full U of U Materials Engineering Report

#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Idaho is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 2 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Idaho Materials Engineering Report

#6

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
#3 in overall quality

Boise State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Boise State is a public institution located in Boise, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Boise State University

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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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