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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in California

11 Colleges
$59,066 Avg Salary
$15,554 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #67 most popular major in California with 308 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in California 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for materials engineering majors pursuing a .

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 California. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for materials engineering students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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The excellent programs at University of California - Irvine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in California. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of California - Davis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, California Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students. Caltech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pasadena.

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California State University - Northridge landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials engineering programs. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the city of Northridge.

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University of California - Merced came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in California ranking. UC Merced is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Merced.

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#10

San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

With a ranking of #10, San Jose State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 11 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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