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2023 Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Alabama

4 Colleges
$73,616 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 65 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials engineering students who went to a Alabama college or university. This makes it the #115 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools in Alabama ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Alabama 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for materials engineering majors pursuing a .

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Our analysis found Auburn University to be the most popular school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Alabama. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Alabama at Birmingham is a great place for materials engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Tuskegee University

Tuskegee, AL

The excellent programs at Tuskegee University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in Alabama. Tuskegee is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Tuskegee.

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#4

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Out of the 4 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the # 4 spot on the list. UA is a very large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 114
Virginia 103
North Carolina 61
Florida 153
Tennessee 57
Kentucky 29
South Carolina 59
Louisiana 8
Arkansas 1
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 4 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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