2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 646 people earned their degree in general materials science, making the major the 522nd most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 96 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general materials science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general materials science program 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 “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree general materials science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified masters’s general materials science students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Materials Science at Carnegie Mellon

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science (Income $0-$30k)

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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