2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 689 people earned their degree in materials sciences, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, materials sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,225 and had an average of $23,698 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 40 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in materials sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent materials sciences programs, but they also cost less that 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 materials sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The materials science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Materials Science 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 materials science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 2 masters’s materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #0 spot in our “Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s materials science degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121.

Full UARK Materials Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences (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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