2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering
49
Colleges
5,415,716
Bachelor's Degrees
$31,590
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Materials Engineering School for You
In 2021-2022, N/A people earned their bachelor's in materials engineering, making the major the #145 most popular in the United States.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering ranking analyzed 49 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. When talking about the 'best value', we do not simply mean those with the lowest price. We are more focused on materials engineering schools that offer a high quality education at a price lower that other schools of similar academic excellence.
When calculating average cost, we take tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and other related expenses into account. We then subtract the average financial aid award. The is meant to give you an idea of how much money you'll need to pay out-of-pocket through loans, external scholarships, or other methods. Your cost may be different from the average one, depending on your income and other factors.
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2024 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the United States
Check out the materials engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your money.
Top 10 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools
The #1 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette. In addition to being on our best value list, Purdue has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Materials Engineering Schools ranking.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Purdue is 4.3 years, and it costs about $28,080 per year to attend the school. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the Purdue is $121,867. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Full Materials Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report
Our rankings recognize University of Florida as the #2 school in this year's rankings. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville. UF also took the #7 spot in our Best Materials Engineering Schools rankings.
It takes the average student at UF about 4.3 years to graduate, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $28,061. This means that the average student pays around $120,101 to get a bachelor’s degree from UF. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. Georgia Tech did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools list.
It takes the average student at Georgia Tech about 4.6 years to graduate, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $36,104. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech is $164,273. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average student at UAB graduates in less than 4.4 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $27,370. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from UAB is $121,523. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Iowa State University landed the #5 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value materials engineering schools. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.
It takes about 4.4 years for the average student at Iowa State to complete their degree, and it costs about $26,185 per year to attend the school. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State is $115,476. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Winona State University. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Winona.
It takes the average student at Winona State about 4.4 years to graduate, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $22,155. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from Winona State is $97,925. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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North Carolina State University landed the #7 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value materials engineering schools. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
The average student at NC State graduates in less than 4.3 years, and it costs about $28,741 per year to attend the school. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from NC State is about $124,736. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to San Jose State University. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at San Jose State is 5.0 years, and it costs about $28,220 per year to attend the school. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State is $140,536. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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Washington State University landed the #9 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value materials engineering schools. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.
At Wazzu, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.5 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $29,559. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from Wazzu is about $131,538. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Virginia Tech earned the #10 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Virginia Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Materials Engineering Schools ranking.
At Virginia Tech, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.3 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $33,193. This means that the average student pays around $142,066 to get a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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