2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Virginia Tech

• 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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