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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

2 Colleges
$79,677 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree School for You

With 103 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #136 most popular major in Virginia.

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 Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia 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 Virginia.

Our analysis found University of Virginia - Main Campus to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Virginia. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the most popular school in Virginia for materials engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the 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.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Virginia Tech

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 114
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 2 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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