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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$18,714 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 37 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials engineering students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #103 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for materials engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for materials engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

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

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the best value school in Virginia for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Virginia Tech are $16,522 a year.

Virginia Tech also made our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #3.

Full Materials Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $20,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia also made our Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 92
Georgia 59
North Carolina 30
Tennessee 36
Kentucky 2
Louisiana 8
Alabama 33
South Carolina 15
Mississippi 3
Arkansas 1
West Virginia 1

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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