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Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

2023 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

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

With 103 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #136 most popular major in Virginia.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for materials engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Virginia Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best school in Virginia for materials engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Virginia. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 114
North Carolina 61
Florida 153
Tennessee 57
Kentucky 29
South Carolina 59
Louisiana 8
Arkansas 1
Alabama 65
Mississippi 3
West Virginia 1

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 2 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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