2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the Southwest Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Materials Engineering is the 154th most popular major in the country with 3,476 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $65,007 and had an average of $22,256 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 373 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,232 and $23,779 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 137 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in materials engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in materials engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. Socorro, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. UT Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Arizona State University - Tempe Materials Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Materials Engineering at University of North Texas
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Materials Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station
Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 24 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Materials Engineering at Arizona State University - Skysong
With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials engineering degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full OSU Materials Engineering Report
The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Materials Engineering at UTEP
With a ranking of #11, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s materials engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full The University of Texas at Austin Materials Engineering Report
University of Houston ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s materials engineering students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Houston 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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