2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You
With 103 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #136 most popular major in Virginia.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering
Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Virginia. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
Virginia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $14,174 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that materials engineering majors at Virginia Tech take out is $27,070.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Virginia Tech is ranked #3 for overall quality for materials engineering in Virginia.
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The excellent programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Virginia. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Virginia are $19,785 a year.
University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Virginia rankings.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 114 |
North Carolina | 61 |
Florida | 153 |
Tennessee | 57 |
Kentucky | 29 |
South Carolina | 59 |
Louisiana | 8 |
Arkansas | 1 |
Alabama | 65 |
Mississippi | 3 |
West Virginia | 1 |
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Materials Engineering Related Majors for Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Materials Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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