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Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the most popular school in the New England Region for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in materials engineering at MIT, 70% are male and 30% are female.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

Of the 13 students majoring in materials engineering at UCONN, 85% are male and 15% are female.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Connecticut Report

#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great place for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 40% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Boston University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great place for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 25% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

Full Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Report

Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 5 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 105
Connecticut 17
Maine 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.

  • 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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