2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

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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 Alabama, there were 65 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,200 and $24,504 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k

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

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

#1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$19,188 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2019-2020.

UAB also took the #2 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Materials Engineering at UAB

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 11 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Auburn

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