2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Metallurgical Engineering is the 308th most popular major in the country with 207 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,650 and had an average of $20,130 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 16 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great metallurgical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the metallurgical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The metallurgical 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 Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s metallurgical engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Metallurgical Engineering at UA

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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