2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Materials Science is the 522nd most popular major in the country with 646 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general materials science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general materials science 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 General Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree general materials science students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 3 doctorate’s general materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Materials Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Materials Science at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 doctorate’s general materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Arizona, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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