2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 96 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,800 and $24,806 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality materials sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 materials sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The materials science 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 Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 46 masters’s materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Carnegie Mellon Materials Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences (With Aid)

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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