2022 Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality metallurgical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree metallurgical engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 5 masters’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Metallurgical Engineering at The University of Alabama

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering (With Aid)

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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