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Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,719 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,953 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 81 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials engineering students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #130 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for materials engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best value school in Minnesota for materials engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Winona, Winona State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Winona State undergraduate students pay an average of $10,184 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that materials engineering majors at Winona State take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $26,943.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 per year. On average, materials engineering graduates from UMN Twin Cities take out $21,186 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

UMN Twin Cities also claimed a spot on our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 23
Iowa 42
North Dakota 0
South Dakota 7

One of 40 majors within the area of study, materials engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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