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2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
73 Degrees Awarded
$8,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor's in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Materials Engineering is the 189th most popular major in the country with 3,485 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Wisconsin, there were 108 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general materials engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general materials engineering 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 general materials engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 50 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Madison is $4,367 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Materials Processing and Manufacturing students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison General Materials Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $0-$30k. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. It costs about $13,222 for Wisconsin Bachelor’s Degree Materials Processing and Manufacturing students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UWM.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee General Materials Engineering 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.

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