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Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas

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.

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 fairly 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.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UH are $9,699 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Texas State University

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

The excellent programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Texas. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas State are $11,135 a year.

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$9,544 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great value for materials engineering students. UTEP is a very large public school located in the 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 ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Arlington are $11,727 per year.

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$14,564 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value materials engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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

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$9,231 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTSA are $9,231 per year.

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$11,090 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Texas landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value materials engineering programs. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNT undergraduate students pay an average of $11,090 in in-state tuition and fees each 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.

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