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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

5 Colleges
$59,744 Avg Salary
$28,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #73 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 144 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.

The Best Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Materials Engineering Colleges.

Top Pennsylvania Schools in Materials Engineering

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the best school in Pennsylvania for materials engineering students. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Pennsylvania. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lehigh University is a great place for materials engineering students. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent programs at Drexel University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 97
Maryland 41
New Jersey 9
District of Columbia 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).
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