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2023 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

14 Colleges
$79,677 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, materials engineering was ranked #100 in the country. In fact 1,810 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in the Far Western US Region for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at San Jose State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Davis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree materials engineering programs. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of California - Irvine landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree materials engineering programs. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 308
Washington 59
Oregon 14
Nevada 2

One of 39 majors within the area of study, materials engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 14 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Panoramedia.

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