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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Louisiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$36,386 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #190 most popular major in Louisiana with 8 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Louisiana 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.

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 Louisiana

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

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

$11,958 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Louisiana. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Louisiana State University are $11,958 per year.

Louisiana State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Louisiana list.

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$60,814 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Louisiana list. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tulane are $60,814 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Tulane is ranked #3 for overall quality for materials engineering in Louisiana.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Tulane University of Louisiana

Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 114
Virginia 103
North Carolina 61
Florida 153
Tennessee 57
Kentucky 29
South Carolina 59
Arkansas 1
Alabama 65
Mississippi 3
West Virginia 1

One of 40 majors within the area of study, materials engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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