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2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

9 Ranked Colleges
163 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 163 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in metallurgical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great metallurgical engineering programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering (With Aid)

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public institution located in Rolla, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Missouri University of Science and Technology is $14,262 for Bachelor’s Degree Metallurgical Engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national 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.

Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Texas at El Paso is located in El Paso, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTEP, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UTEP is $8,920 for Bachelor’s Degree Metallurgical Engineering students with aid.

Full The University of Texas at El Paso Metallurgical Engineering Report

#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend U of U is $14,773 for Bachelor’s Degree Metallurgical Engineering students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at University of Utah

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana Technological University landed the #4 spot on the list. Butte, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montana Tech, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Montana Tech is $15,023 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students with aid.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a small school located in Rapid City, South Dakota that handed out 22 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SD Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is $19,815 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Metallurgical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

#7 in overall quality

University of Nevada - Reno landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students with aid list, UNR has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNR is $15,081 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students with aid.

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#7

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

Colorado School of Mines came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized public school situated in Golden, Colorado. It awarded 43 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $26,750 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students with aid per year to attend Mines.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Mines Metallurgical Engineering Report

#8

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#5 in overall quality

The University of Alabama came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. The University of Alabama is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 11 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UA also made our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $22,597 for bachelor’s degree metallurgical engineering students with aid per year to attend UA.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at UA

#9

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#8 in overall quality

LeTourneau University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. LETU is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LETU, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $23,196 for Bachelor’s Degree Metallurgical Engineering students with aid per year to attend LeTourneau University.

Full LETU Metallurgical 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

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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