by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Materials Engineering is the 154th most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 145 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,230 and $21,139 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in materials engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their materials engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree materials engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Butte, Montana, and it awarded 4 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This medium-sized school is located in Golden, Colorado, and it awarded 9 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Idaho is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 9 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 6 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Boise State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 3 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
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