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2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Materials Sciences Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Materials Sciences program at each school on the list.

Check out the materials science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in California for materials sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 17% of the materials science majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 44% of the materials science majors at the school.

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

About 33% of the students majoring in materials science at the school are women while 67% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in materials science at UCSB, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Full Materials Sciences at University of California - Santa Barbara 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 4 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.

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