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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Materials Engineering Master'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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our analysis found Boston University to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 28% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

Full Materials Engineering at Boston University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great place for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 37% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

Full Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in materials engineering at MIT, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Full Materials Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials engineering schools in the New England Region . UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Women make up 25% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Connecticut

#5

Tufts University

Medford, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Tufts University is a great place for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 50% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Tufts University

University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree materials engineering programs. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 105
Connecticut 17
Maine 0

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 6 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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