2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools
Finding the Best Materials Sciences 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 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 63 schools in the United States 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 Sciences program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for materials science majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools
Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the most popular school for materials sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
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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. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials sciences schools in the United States. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools list. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.
With a ranking of #6, University of California - Santa Barbara did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for materials sciences students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials sciences programs. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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University of Delaware landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials sciences programs. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a very large student population.
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular materials sciences programs. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Materials Sciences students that almost earned our Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 11 | University of California - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| 11 | University of California - Riverside | Riverside, CA |
Materials Sciences by Region
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Majors Related to Materials Science
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 26 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 Per Henning.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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