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Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

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2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in Pennsylvania

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$64,925 Avg Salary
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Finding the Best Materials Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 182 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials sciences students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #142 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for materials science majors pursuing a .

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Our analysis found Carnegie Mellon University to be the most popular school for materials sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Temple University is a great place for materials sciences students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Materials Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 96
New Jersey 21
District of Columbia 5
Delaware 17

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 2 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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