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2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$32,727 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Sciences 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Materials Sciences 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 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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Sciences

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the best value school for materials sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan State are $41,290 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan State also is in the top 10% of our Best Materials Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI
$32,727 Average Tuition & Fees

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wayne State are $32,727 a year.

Full Materials Sciences at Wayne State University Report

Best Materials Sciences Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 21
Illinois 0
Ohio 4
Indiana 0

More Materials Sciences Rankings in the Great Lakes Region

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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