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

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$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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region .

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the most popular school in the Southeast Region for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

Of the 33 students majoring in materials engineering at UF, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in materials engineering at Georgia Tech, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a great place for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

About 25% of the students majoring in materials engineering at the school are women while 75% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Of the 15 students majoring in materials engineering at NC State, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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Out of the 20 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 54% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Materials Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham Report

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Clemson University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

Of the 11 students majoring in materials engineering at Clemson, 73% are male and 27% are female.

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#8

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

With a ranking of #8, Auburn University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in materials engineering at Auburn, 78% are male and 22% are female.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus 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 #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 33% of the materials engineering majors at the school.

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#8

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in materials engineering at Virginia Tech, 78% are male and 22% are female.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools 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 20 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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