2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

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 Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Alabama, there were 65 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to qualified students.

UAB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alabama at Birmingham are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Materials Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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