2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

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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 Minnesota, there were 82 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,150 and $25,647 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,467 and $103,128 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great materials engineering programs and 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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The materials engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota”.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Minnesota

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s materials engineering degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Materials Engineering at UMN Twin Cities

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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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