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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Materials Engineering is the 150th most popular major in the country with 3,485 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Maryland, there were 84 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,700 and $21,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 materials engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The materials engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

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

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

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 21 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885.

Read more about Materials Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park

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