2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Materials Science is the 522nd most popular major in the country with 646 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 43 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general materials science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general materials science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general materials science 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 General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 8 masters’s general materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

Full University of Arizona General Materials Science Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Read more about General Materials Science at UNM

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science (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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