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2023 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$19,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Metallurgical Engineering is the 319th most popular major in the country with 179 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,658 and had an average of $21,462 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 16 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great metallurgical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the metallurgical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

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The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Alabama is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 16 ’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UA is $19,434 for Southeast Region Metallurgical Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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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