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2023 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Materials Engineering Doctor'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 72 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

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

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. 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 doctor’s degree. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

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Out of the 72 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 4 spot on the list. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame ranked #6 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Notre Dame is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

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#7

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #7, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

University of Dayton did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dayton.

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#10

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #10, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Materials Engineering students that almost earned our Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
12 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
13 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO
14 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI

Materials Engineering by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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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