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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

15 Colleges
$63,013 Avg Salary
$18,338 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, materials engineering was ranked #100 in the country. In fact 1,810 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which 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 Colleges.

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 Far Western US Region . UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 15 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for materials engineering students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of California - Davis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a very large student population.

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California Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Caltech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Pasadena.

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With a ranking of #9, Portland State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 308
Washington 59
Oregon 14
Nevada 2

One of 39 majors within the area of study, materials engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 15 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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