2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools
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.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools ranking. This report analyzed 102 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Materials Engineering program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Colleges.
Top 15% Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools
Our analysis found University of California - San Diego to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for materials engineering students. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for materials engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for materials engineering students. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools list. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.
Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.
Cornell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
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Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.
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University of Florida came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle.
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Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.
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With a ranking of #12, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #13, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.
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Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Materials Engineering students that almost earned our Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Boston University | Boston, MA |
| 17 | The University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Knoxville, TN |
| 18 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA |
| 19 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA |
| 20 | University of California - Irvine | Irvine, CA |
| 20 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA |
Materials Engineering by Region
View the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools for a specific region near you.
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Majors Related to Materials Engineering
One of 39 majors within the area of study, materials engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
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 25 schools only.
- 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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