2023 Best Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools
Finding the Best Materials Sciences Master'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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for materials science majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Rochester Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for materials sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great place for materials sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Santa Barbara. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.
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Michigan State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.
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University of Rochester ranked #8 on this year’s Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools list. University of Rochester is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.
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William Paterson University of New Jersey did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for materials sciences students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. William Paterson University is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Wayne.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Materials Sciences Related Rankings by Major
Materials Sciences is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 18 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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