2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Massachusetts, there were 121 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree materials processing and manufacturing students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

$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 Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full MIT General Materials Engineering Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$57,666 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials processing and manufacturing students in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at Boston University

#3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, Massachusetts

#2 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 Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 20 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’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.

Full WPI General Materials Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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