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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$34,418 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,257 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

With 54 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #81 most popular major in Indiana.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Indiana 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Indiana

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN
$9,992 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Indiana. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue are $9,992 per year.

Purdue also took the #2 spot in our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Indiana rankings.

Full Materials Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

#2

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN
$58,843 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Indiana list. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Notre Dame are $58,843 a year.

Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Indiana list.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Notre Dame

Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Illinois 111
Ohio 87
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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