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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Minnesota - Twin Cities to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Materials Engineering at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great place for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Women make up 17% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a great place for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. SD Mines is a small public school located in the city of Rapid City.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at North Dakota State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

Full Materials Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 23
Minnesota 22
North Dakota 0
South Dakota 7

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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