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Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Materials Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in materials engineering at MIT, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

Of the 13 students majoring in materials engineering at UCONN, 85% are male and 15% are female.

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Boston University

Boston, MA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials engineering schools in the New England Region . Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Women make up 40% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials engineering schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 25% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials engineering schools in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 129
Connecticut 55
Maine 0

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 5 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 Panoramedia.

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