2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Michigan, there were 163 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,267 and $22,539 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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 Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s materials engineering degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read more about Materials Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$21,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Michigan Technological University is a public institution located in Houghton, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech also made our “Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Technological University are $21,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Michigan Tech

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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