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2023 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

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 “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 179 people earned their degree in metallurgical engineering, making the major the 319th most popular in the United States. 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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent metallurgical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the metallurgical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The metallurgical 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 “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering in the Southeast Region

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The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s metallurgical engineering degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,917 for southeast region metallurgical engineering students per year to attend The University of Alabama.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, 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 87%.

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