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2022 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$13,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Oregon, there were 19 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Materials Engineering in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Portland State University is $13,040 for Oregon Materials Engineering students with aid.

Full Portland State University Materials Engineering Report

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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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