2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in Tennessee

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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 Tennessee, there were 2 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great materials sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the materials sciences 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 Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in Tennessee

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at Vanderbilt

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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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