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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$36,434 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Materials Engineering is the #100 most popular major in the country with 1,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Our 2023 rankings named University of Dayton the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Michigan Technological University is a great value for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 per year.

Michigan Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Materials Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great value for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UW - Madison is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Materials Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value materials engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #7, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for materials engineering in the Great Lakes Region .

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With a ranking of #8, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best value schools for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

Ohio State graduate students pay an average of $38,377 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Materials Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 a year.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Illinois 111
Ohio 87
Indiana 54
Wisconsin 25

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

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

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 12 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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