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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$24,106 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 79 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #74 most popular major in Michigan.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Michigan 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan

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 Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best value school in Michigan for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at U-M are $25,230 a year.

U-M also made our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #1.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

Out of the 2 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.

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

Michigan Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 111
Ohio 87
Indiana 54
Wisconsin 25

One of 39 majors within the area of study, materials engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

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