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2023 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

16 Colleges
$79,677 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Master'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.

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in the Southeast Region for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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#5

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.

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#6

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

With a ranking of #7, Clemson University did quite well on this year’s best schools for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

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North Carolina State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree materials engineering programs. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #9 on this year’s Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree materials engineering programs. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 114
Virginia 103
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 16 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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