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2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools in California

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

With 136 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials sciences is the #205 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular master'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.

Check out the materials science master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in California for materials sciences students working on their master’s degree. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

Women make up 17% of the materials science majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 44% of the materials science majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of California - Riverside helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular materials sciences schools in California. UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside.

About 33% of the students majoring in materials science at the school are women while 67% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Santa Barbara is a great place for materials sciences students working on their master’s degree. UCSB is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara.

Of the 4 students majoring in materials science at UCSB, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Full Materials Sciences at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

Best Materials Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 7

One of 8 majors within the area of study, materials sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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.

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