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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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Finding the Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree 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 Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for materials engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found Drexel University to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 57% of the students majoring in materials engineering at the school are women while 43% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a great place for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Of the 4 students majoring in materials engineering at Pitt, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#2

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lehigh University is a great place for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

About 50% of the students majoring in materials engineering at the school are women while 50% are male.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Lehigh University

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Pennsylvania Report

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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 4 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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