2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Materials Engineering 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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for materials engineering majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Schools
Our analysis found University of Dayton to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UDayton are $44,890 a year.
UDayton excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
The excellent programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Michigan Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $39,723 in tuition and fees each year.
Michigan Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Madison are $38,608 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 10% of our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great value for materials engineering students. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Purdue are $28,794 a year.
Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best 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 undergraduate student at UIUC are $37,632 a year.
UIUC also made our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
Northwestern University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value materials engineering programs. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in tuition and fees each year.
Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for materials engineering students. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC are $27,111 a year.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U-M are $55,097 a year.
U-M also claimed a spot on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #9, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for materials engineering students. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ohio State are $35,019 a year.
Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value materials engineering programs. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.
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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 79 |
| Illinois | 111 |
| Ohio | 87 |
| Indiana | 54 |
| Wisconsin | 25 |
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Materials Engineering Related Majors for Materials Engineering
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 13 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).
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