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

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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina 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 North Carolina, there were 91 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,335 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k. Duke University is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 1 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #0 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Duke

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$90,146 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 26 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at NC State

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