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2022 Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

9 Ranked Colleges
398 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Southeast region, there were 768 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,280 and $25,704 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 398 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in materials engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality materials engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 70 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Materials Engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Florida.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Florida

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 99 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Georgia Tech is $14,739 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Materials Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 63 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $21,198 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Materials Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Virginia Tech

#4

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 47 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Materials Engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend NC State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at North Carolina State University

#5

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 38 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Clemson University is $20,008 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Materials Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #6. UAB is a public institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Alabama at Birmingham is $16,953 for southeast region bachelor’s degree materials engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at UAB

#7

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

University of Kentucky did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. University of Kentucky is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Kentucky is $17,127 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Materials Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Materials Engineering at UK

#8 in overall quality

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #8 on this year’s Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 31 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree materials engineering students whose families make more than $110k list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Knoxville is $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Materials Engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#9

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#6 in overall quality

Auburn University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Auburn is $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree materials engineering students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Auburn

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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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