2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,485 people earned their degree in materials engineering, making the major the 150th most popular in the United States. 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 Colorado, there were 62 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,513 and $111,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$39,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Golden, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado doctor’s degree materials engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, Mines has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Mines

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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