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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

5 Colleges
$59,744 Avg Salary
$28,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #73 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 144 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.

The Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania.

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found University of Pennsylvania to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Drexel University is a great place for materials engineering students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Full Materials Engineering at Drexel University Report

#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

The excellent programs at Lehigh University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

Full Materials Engineering at Lehigh University Report

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Report

#5

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

The excellent programs at Villanova University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Pennsylvania. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Villanova University

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 97
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 5 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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