2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general materials science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general materials science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general materials science 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

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

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s general materials science students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Materials Science at UNM

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s general materials science degrees to qualified students.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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

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

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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