2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Washington

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

With 135 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #104 most popular major in Washington.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value programs for materials engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for materials engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, WA

43 Degrees

#9 in Quality in Washington

$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the best value school in Washington for materials engineering students. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wazzu are $12,417 per year. Materials Engineering majors at Wazzu take out an average of $28,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Wazzu excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Washington list.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Washington State University

#2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

92 Degrees

#2 in Quality in Washington

$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW Seattle are $12,076 a year. The average amount in student loans that materials engineering majors at UW Seattle take out is $17,026.

UW Seattle also took the #2 spot in our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Washington rankings.

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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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