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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$16,074 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

With 35 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #167 most popular major in Colorado.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Colorado to see which programs offered the best value experiences for materials engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

CU - Boulder undergraduate students pay an average of $12,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU - Boulder is ranked #5 for overall quality for materials engineering in Colorado.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder Report

$19,538 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Colorado list. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mines are $19,538 per year.

Mines also made our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #1.

Full Materials Engineering at Colorado School of Mines Report

Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 43
Idaho 49
Montana 4

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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