2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 New England region, there were 174 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,250 and $26,334 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$29,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WPI, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Worcester Polytechnic Institute Materials Engineering Report

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Connecticut Materials Engineering Report

#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. MIT is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 21 doctorate’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Massachusetts Institute of Technology Materials Engineering Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Boston 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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