2022 Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Plains States region, there were 154 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 6 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMN Twin Cities General Materials Engineering Report

#2

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 11 masters’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL also made our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Washington University in St Louis General Materials Engineering Report

#3

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, South Dakota

$19,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Materials Processing and Manufacturing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology are $19,250.

Read full report on General Materials Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Engineering (With Aid)

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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