2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
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.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Materials Engineering Colleges.
Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Cornell University the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for materials engineering students. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.
Out of the 15 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great place for materials engineering students. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Lehigh University is a great place for materials engineering students. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.
Stevens Institute of Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
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With a ranking of #7, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on this year’s best schools for materials engineering students. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
University of Maryland - College Park landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best materials engineering programs. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population.
New Jersey Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public college with a large student population.
Clarkson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Potsdam, Clarkson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 97 |
| Pennsylvania | 144 |
| Maryland | 41 |
| New Jersey | 9 |
| District of Columbia | 0 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 15 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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