2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
Materials Engineering is the #158 most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Southeast Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for materials engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering
Our analysis found University of Florida to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southeast Region . UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UF are $28,659 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, materials engineering majors at UF accumulate an average of around $15,704 in student debt.
UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Alabama at Birmingham helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value materials engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UAB are $20,400 a year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value materials engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Tech are $33,964 per year. On average, materials engineering graduates from Georgia Tech take out $19,990 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
Georgia Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Virginia Tech are $33,857 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Virginia Tech also is in the top 5% of our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Auburn undergraduate students pay an average of $31,986 in tuition and fees each year.
Auburn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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North Carolina State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree materials engineering programs. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $29,916 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, NC State also did well on our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Clemson University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree materials engineering programs. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.
Clemson undergraduate students pay an average of $38,550 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Clemson also did well on our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the city of Knoxville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Knoxville are $31,664 a year.
UT Knoxville excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of Kentucky ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UK are $31,608 a year.
Request InformationBest Materials Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 114 |
| Virginia | 103 |
| North Carolina | 61 |
| Florida | 153 |
| Tennessee | 57 |
| Kentucky | 29 |
| South Carolina | 59 |
| Louisiana | 8 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Alabama | 65 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
| West Virginia | 1 |
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Materials Engineering Related Majors for Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Materials Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Panoramedia.
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