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Finding the Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Materials Sciences is the #179 most popular major in the country with 448 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Materials Sciences

Our analysis found Rochester Institute of Technology to be the best school for materials sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

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Materials Sciences by Region

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Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 8 majors within the area of study, materials sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Per Henning.

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