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2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s

9 Ranked Colleges
163 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Metallurgical Engineering is the 308th most popular major in the country with 207 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,650 and had an average of $20,130 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 163 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in metallurgical engineering. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Rapid City, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

SD Mines also took the #3 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is $19,815 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Metallurgical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri University of Science and Technology is $14,262 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Butte, Montana, this small public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s metallurgical engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students list, Montana Tech has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Montana Technological University is $15,023 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

Full Montana Technological University Metallurgical Engineering Report

#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. U of U is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 7 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #6 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend U of U is $14,773 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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.

Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at University of Utah

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #5 spot on the list. UNR is a large school located in Reno, Nevada that handed out 3 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students list, UNR has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNR is $15,081 for Bachelor’s Degree Metallurgical Engineering students.

Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at UNR

With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees to qualified students.

UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,920 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students per year to attend UTEP.

Full UTEP Metallurgical Engineering Report

#7

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#5 in overall quality

The University of Alabama ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 11 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also took the #5 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UA is $22,597 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at UA

#8

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#8 in overall quality

LeTourneau University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. LeTourneau University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

LETU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend LeTourneau University is $23,196 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students.

Full LETU Metallurgical Engineering Report

#9

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

With a ranking of #9, Colorado School of Mines did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Golden, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees to 43 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mines, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $26,750 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students per year to attend Colorado School of Mines.

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 low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Full Mines Metallurgical Engineering Report

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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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