2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 95 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,300 and $26,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 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 Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree materials engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 5 doctorate’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394.

Read more about Materials Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 doctorate’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Virginia Tech

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