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Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

15 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.

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.

The Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

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

Our analysis found University of California - San Diego to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 22% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 41% of the students majoring in materials engineering at the school are women while 59% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a great place for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 21% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 38% of the students majoring in materials engineering at the school are women while 62% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 30% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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University of California - Irvine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

Women make up 38% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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University of California - Davis came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

Women make up 20% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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Portland State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in materials engineering at the school are women while 50% are male.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in materials engineering at CSUN, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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California Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for materials engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 29% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

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 15 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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