2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,485 people earned their degree in general materials engineering, making the major the 189th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 121 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general materials engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general materials engineering 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 general materials engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts doctor’s degree materials processing and manufacturing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 21 doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719.

Full MIT General Materials Engineering Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666.

Full Boston U General Materials Engineering Report

#3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$29,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k list. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 3 doctorate’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are $29,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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