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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major 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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,415 people earned their degree in materials engineering, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,007 and had an average of $23,030 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 192 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,006 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in materials engineering.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree materials engineering students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the New England Region

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts

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 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 27 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Materials Engineering at WPI

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Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region. Boston U is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 32 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Boston U Materials Engineering Report

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region. MIT is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 8 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Full MIT Materials Engineering Report

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Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Tufts University

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 4 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Materials Engineering at UCONN

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the New England Region ranking. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst

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