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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

13 Colleges
$69,386 Avg Salary
$23,307 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #100 most popular major in the country with 1,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the materials engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for materials engineering students. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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#2

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Dayton is a great place for materials engineering students. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dayton.

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#3

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

The excellent programs at University of Notre Dame helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for materials engineering students. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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Michigan Technological University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best materials engineering programs. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for materials engineering students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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Case Western Reserve University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best materials engineering programs. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Illinois 111
Ohio 87
Indiana 54
Wisconsin 25

Materials Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

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 13 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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