2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington

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 Washington” 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 Washington, there were 162 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,800 and $18,802 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great materials engineering programs and 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 Doctorate in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington doctor’s degree materials engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington. This large school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also made our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Washington State University

#2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering

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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