Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in California

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in California

5 Colleges

Finding the Best Materials Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 95 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials sciences students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #135 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Sciences Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in California 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 Sciences program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for materials science majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in California for materials sciences students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

Read More…

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Santa Barbara is a great place for materials sciences students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Materials Sciences at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Riverside is a great place for materials sciences students. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at University of California - Riverside

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for materials sciences students. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at University of Southern California

The excellent programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials sciences schools in California. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

Full Materials Sciences at University of California - San Diego Report

Best Materials Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 7

Materials Sciences is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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 Per Henning.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.