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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

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$79,677 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 37 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials engineering students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #103 most popular major in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for materials engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Virginia. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 22% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Virginia Tech

Our analysis found University of Virginia - Main Campus to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Virginia. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in materials engineering at the school are women while 67% are male.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus Report

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 92
Georgia 59
North Carolina 30
Tennessee 36
Kentucky 2
Louisiana 8
Alabama 33
South Carolina 15
Mississippi 3
Arkansas 1
West Virginia 1

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 2 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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