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2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate 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 Most Popular Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Materials Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the most popular school in the United States for materials sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 32% of the materials science majors at the school.

Full Materials Sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for materials sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

About 60% of the students majoring in materials science at the school are women while 40% are male.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station

Out of the 6 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 3 spot on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at Columbia University in the City of New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials sciences schools in the United States. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.

Full Materials Sciences at Michigan Technological University Report

Out of the 6 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Materials Sciences at University of Connecticut Report

Materials Sciences by Region

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Rocky Mountains
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Far Western US
Southwest
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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.

  • 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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