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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Texas

7 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master's in Texas

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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 160 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,390 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Texas

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.

UH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689.

Full University of Houston Materials Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington also took the #4 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Arlington are $23,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full The University of Texas at Arlington Materials Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 5 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Materials Engineering at UNT

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree materials engineering students list, UTEP has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at El Paso are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Materials Engineering at UTEP

#3 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 8 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610.

Full UT Dallas Materials Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas ranking, coming in at #7. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at San Antonio are $25,807, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio

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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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