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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$10,661 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,942 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

With 136 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #91 most popular major in Texas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in Texas 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Texas. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $11,752 per year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list.

Full Materials Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin Report

$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for materials engineering students. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list, coming in at #4.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX
$11,135 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Texas. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Texas State undergraduate students pay an average of $11,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$9,544 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTEP are $9,544 per year.

Full Materials Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

$11,727 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Arlington are $11,727 per year.

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$11,090 Average Tuition & Fees

University of North Texas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNT are $11,090 per year.

Full Materials Engineering at University of North Texas Report

$14,564 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Dallas are $14,564 per year.

UT Dallas excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas list.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas

$9,231 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTSA are $9,231 per year.

Full Materials Engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 64
Oklahoma 6
New Mexico 14

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 9 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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