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2023 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

12 Colleges
$79,677 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree 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.

The Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for materials engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small 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 working on their master’s degree. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

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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 #3 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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Case Western Reserve University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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Michigan Technological University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree materials engineering programs. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree materials engineering programs. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

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

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 12 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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