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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$28,343 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, materials sciences was ranked #179 in the country. In fact 448 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for materials science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the materials science doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Materials Sciences

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Georgia the best value school in the Southeast Region for materials sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Athens.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.

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

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#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida State University is a great value for materials sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $30,858 in tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Best Materials Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best materials sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 5
Florida 5
Georgia 2
North Carolina 9
Tennessee 5
Alabama 2
Arkansas 11

Materials Sciences is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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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