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2023 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the New England Region 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 the New England 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 New England Region Schools for a Master's in Materials Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the New England Region for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Tufts University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 105
Connecticut 17
Maine 0

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 5 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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