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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$33,547 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,677 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Master'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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Materials Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota School of Mines and Technology the best value school in the Plains States Region for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. SD Mines is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SD Mines are $20,116 a year.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value materials engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMN Twin Cities also is in the top 10% of our Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Missouri University of Science and Technology also is in the top 10% of our Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Duluth is a great value for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. UMN Duluth is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Duluth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Duluth are $29,060 a year.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Minnesota - Duluth

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Washington University in St Louis is a great value for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

WUSTL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 23
Minnesota 22
North Dakota 0
South Dakota 7

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 5 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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