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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 189 people earned their degree in metallurgical engineering, making the major the 319th most popular in the United States. In , metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $67,658 and had an average of $25,184 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 28 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,706 and $27,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their metallurgical engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree metallurgical engineering students.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s metallurgical engineering degrees to 4 students 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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%.
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- *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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