2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 689 people earned their degree in materials sciences, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States. 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.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent materials sciences programs, but they also 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.
Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s materials science students in 2019-2020.
UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, 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%.
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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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