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Best Value Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$33,096 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,677 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 235 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials engineering students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #123 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for materials engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Materials Engineering

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Lehigh University the best value school in Pennsylvania for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lehigh are $27,130 per year.

Lehigh also made our Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pitt are $25,248 per year.

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#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great value for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.

UPenn not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Drexel University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value materials engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Drexel are $37,074 a year.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 158
Maryland 89
New Jersey 9
District of Columbia 0

Materials Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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