2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Idaho (With 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 for a Master’s in Idaho 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 Idaho, there were 46 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $28,569 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials engineering. 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Idaho (With Aid)

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boise State University is a large public school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 12 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Boise State University

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Idaho

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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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