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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$37,468 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

With 9 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #207 most popular major in New Jersey.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Jersey 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

$18,016 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found New Jersey Institute of Technology to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Located in the large city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NJIT undergraduate students pay an average of $18,016 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NJIT also did well on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in New Jersey list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$56,920 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Stevens Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Stevens undergraduate students pay an average of $56,920 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Stevens also made our Best Materials Engineering Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 235
New York 158
Maryland 89
District of Columbia 0

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

Majors Similar 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 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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