2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Materials Sciences is the 258th most popular major in the country with 689 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, materials sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,225 and had an average of $23,698 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 40 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent materials sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the materials sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248.

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#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials science degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121.

Read more about Materials Sciences at University of Arkansas

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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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