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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges
$64,436 Avg Salary
$21,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #87 most popular major in Illinois with 111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois 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 Illinois.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Northwestern University

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great place for materials engineering students. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Ohio 87
Indiana 54
Wisconsin 25

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 4 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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