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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

17 Colleges
$63,013 Avg Salary
$18,338 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

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

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Materials Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the materials engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our analysis found University of Washington - Seattle Campus to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a very large student population.

While working on their degree, materials engineering majors at UW Seattle accumulate an average of around $17,026 in student debt.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Full Materials Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles Report

#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

On average, materials engineering graduates from UC Irvine take out $18,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - Davis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

On average, materials engineering graduates from UC Davis take out $12,750 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Washington State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials engineering programs. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

The average amount in student loans that materials engineering majors at Wazzu take out is $28,000.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials engineering programs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Materials Engineering majors at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo take out an average of $15,412 in student loans while working on their egree.

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University of Southern California came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Riverside landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials engineering programs. UCR is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Riverside.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
California 497
Washington 135
Oregon 14
Nevada 16

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

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

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 17 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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