2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southeast region, there were 768 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,280 and $25,704 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 199 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree materials engineering students.
Top 12 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the Southeast Region
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 45 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UF also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 6 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Clemson also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 26 degrees to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.
NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large public school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 13 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAB, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 32 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Georgia Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334.
Virginia Tech ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 6 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.
USF Tampa also took the #11 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Virginia is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 8 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Virginia also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394.
Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Virginia
With a ranking of #9, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 18 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Read full report on Materials Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Auburn University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Auburn is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #11, University of Central Florida did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 9 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCF, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Florida International University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.
FIU also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #12. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211.
Read full report on Materials Engineering at Florida International University
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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%.
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- *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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