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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Metallurgical Engineering is the 319th most popular major in the country with 179 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,658 and had an average of $21,462 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 39 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,706 and $22,540 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in metallurgical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality metallurgical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the metallurgical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Rolla, Missouri, this medium-sized public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified ’s metallurgical engineering students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology is $7,356 for plains states region metallurgical engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. 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 Missouri University of Science and Technology Metallurgical Engineering Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. SD Mines is a small school located in Rapid City, South Dakota that handed out 18 ’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
SD Mines also made our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $16,705 for Plains States Region Metallurgical Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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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
- *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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