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2023 Best Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

6 Colleges
$64,925 Avg Salary
$26,966 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

Materials Sciences is the #267 most popular major in the country with 658 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Best Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the materials science bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Materials Sciences

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the United States for materials sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Eau Claire, UW - Eau Claire is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials sciences schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.

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Purdue University Fort Wayne ranked #6 on this year’s Best Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Materials Sciences by Region

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Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
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Southwest
Great Lakes

Materials Sciences is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Per Henning.

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