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2023 Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

53 Colleges
$64,953 Avg Salary
$23,030 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

Materials Engineering is the #158 most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 53 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs 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 Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the United States. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great place for materials engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Materials Engineering majors at Cornell take out an average of $14,096 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the United States. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

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With a ranking of #6, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for materials engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Materials Engineering majors at Georgia Tech take out an average of $19,990 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#7

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.

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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree materials engineering programs. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, materials engineering graduates from UF carry an average student debtload of $15,704.

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#9

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, materials engineering majors at Purdue accumulate an average of around $17,739 in student debt.

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Michigan Technological University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Materials Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 Panoramedia.

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