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2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$38,667 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Materials Sciences is the #179 most popular major in the country with 448 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for materials science 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. 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 Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Materials Sciences

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for materials sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan State also is in the top 15% of our Best Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 per year.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at Wayne State University

Best Materials Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best materials sciences schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 21
Illinois 0
Ohio 4
Indiana 0

One of 8 majors within the area of study, materials sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

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 Per Henning.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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