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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

17 Colleges
$65,449 Avg Salary
$24,101 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Colleges.

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our analysis found Cornell University to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 17 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the # 2 spot on the list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 17 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 17 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Out of the 17 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the # 4 spot on the list. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.

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#6

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials engineering programs. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for materials engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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University of Maryland - College Park 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 suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials engineering programs. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #10, New Jersey Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students. Located in the large city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 97
Pennsylvania 144
Maryland 41
New Jersey 9
District of Columbia 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 17 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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