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

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

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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.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England 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.

Check out the materials engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Boston University the most popular school in the New England Region for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Women make up 28% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 37% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in materials engineering at MIT, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

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

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#5

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. UMass Amherst is a fairly 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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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