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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region

5 Colleges
$71,006 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

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'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools in Materials Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the New England Region for materials engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Full Materials Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Tufts University is a great place for materials engineering students. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the New England Region . Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

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Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 105
Connecticut 17
Maine 0

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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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