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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income Over $110k) in North Carolina

2 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$44,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Master's in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” ranking.

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 North Carolina, there were 91 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,335 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the materials engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income Over $110k) in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k list. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #0 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, 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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