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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$52,064 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,006 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #158 most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England Region 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region

Check out the materials engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MIT are $55,878 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MIT is ranked #1 for overall quality for materials engineering in the New England Region .

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Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

WPI undergraduate students pay an average of $55,531 in tuition and fees each year.

WPI also claimed a spot on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Report

$41,192 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCONN are $41,192 a year. After completing their degree, materials engineering graduates from UCONN carry an average student debtload of $27,000. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $509.

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#4

Tufts University

Medford, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Tufts University is a great value for materials engineering students. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tufts are $63,000 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Tufts is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region list.

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$36,964 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Amherst are $36,964 per year.

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#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

With a ranking of #6, Boston University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for materials engineering students. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Boston U undergraduate students pay an average of $59,816 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Boston U is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region list.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 129
Connecticut 55
Maine 0

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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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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