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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$10,661 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,942 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 192 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials engineering students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #155 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Texas 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in Texas for materials engineering students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $11,752 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, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for materials engineering in Texas.

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$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for materials engineering students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas rankings.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 20% of our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas ranking.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX
$11,135 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Texas State undergraduate students pay an average of $11,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$9,544 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

UTEP undergraduate students pay an average of $9,544 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$11,727 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas ranking. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Arlington are $11,727 a year.

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$14,564 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Dallas are $14,564 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UT Dallas is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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$9,231 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s best value schools for materials engineering students. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UTSA are $9,231 a year.

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$11,090 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNT are $11,090 a year. On average, materials engineering graduates from UNT take out $20,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 101
Oklahoma 6
New Mexico 19

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 9 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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