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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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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 Master’s in the New England Region”.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the New England Region

#1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$29,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 20 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WPI are $29,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 5 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #3 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at UCONN

#3

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 40 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston University are $57,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about 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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