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2023 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

3 Colleges
$79,677 Avg Salary

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

Materials Engineering is the #87 most popular major in Illinois with 111 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 Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Illinois

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 Illinois Schools for a Master's in Materials Engineering

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Ohio 87
Indiana 54
Wisconsin 25

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

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 3 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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