2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

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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 North Carolina, there were 91 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general materials engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general materials engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

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

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

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Duke University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 1 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at Duke

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at NC State

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