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2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$28,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,485 people earned their degree in materials engineering, making the major the 150th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $63,129 and had an average of $23,918 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 162 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,800 and $18,802 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in materials engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 materials engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s materials engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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