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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

15 Colleges
$69,386 Avg Salary
$23,307 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #100 most popular major in the country with 1,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Great Lakes 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.

Check out the materials engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for materials engineering students. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 4 spot on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials engineering programs. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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#7

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

University of Dayton ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

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Michigan Technological University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Case Western Reserve University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Illinois 111
Ohio 87
Indiana 54
Wisconsin 25

Materials Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

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.

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