2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Carnegie Mellon University the most popular school in the United States for materials sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.
Of the 47 students majoring in materials science at Carnegie Mellon, 55% are male and 45% are female.
Full Materials Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University Report
Out of the 13 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 27 students majoring in materials science at UC Berkeley, 59% are male and 41% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.
Of the 20 students majoring in materials science at University of Arizona, 90% are male and 10% are female.
The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials sciences schools in the United States. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 14 students majoring in materials science at UCLA, 79% are male and 21% are female.
Full Materials Sciences at University of California - Los Angeles Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Eau Claire, UW - Eau Claire is a public college with a large student population.
Of the 9 students majoring in materials science at UW - Eau Claire, 67% are male and 33% are female.
Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree materials sciences programs. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
Women make up 50% of the materials science majors at the school.
Full Materials Sciences at Columbia University in the City of New York Report
Northwestern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree materials sciences programs. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Of the 2 students majoring in materials science at Northwestern, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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Purdue University Fort Wayne came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
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Catholic University of America did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for materials sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Mayaguez, UPR Mayaguez is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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 |
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| 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 13 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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