2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in New Mexico (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Materials Sciences is the 258th most popular major in the country with 689 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 New Mexico, there were 11 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in New Mexico (With Aid)

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 8 masters’s materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Materials Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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• 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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