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2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master's in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Texas, there were 160 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,390 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 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 Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in materials engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality materials engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Texas

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 11 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree materials engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, UH has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Houston are $18,689, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree materials engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, UTSA has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at San Antonio are $25,807, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin also took the #0 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

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#6 in overall quality

The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas master’s degree materials engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, UTEP has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTEP are $16,180, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also took the #3 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Dallas are $28,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Arlington are $23,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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