2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great materials sciences programs and 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 materials sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in Pennsylvania

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 46 masters’s materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326.

Full Carnegie Mellon Materials Sciences Report

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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.

Credits

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