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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$15,747 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

With 59 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #60 most popular major in Washington.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington

Check out the materials engineering doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Washington. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $13,740 per year.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Washington State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UW Seattle graduate students pay an average of $17,754 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW Seattle also took the #5 spot in our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 308
Oregon 14
Nevada 2

Materials Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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