2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in New Jersey (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 New Jersey, there were 8 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent materials engineering programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The materials engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in New Jersey (With Aid)

#1

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$33,744 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NJIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NJIT are $33,744, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at NJIT

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering (With Aid)

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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