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Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Virginia

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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Virginia

2 Colleges
$60,906 Avg Salary
$27,070 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering 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 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 Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia 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

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the most popular school in Virginia for materials engineering students. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Materials Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Virginia list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools 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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