2025 Best General Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Ranked #36 in popularity, general materials engineering is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 68 doctor's degrees in general materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general materials engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general materials engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general materials engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general materials engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Materials Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Materials Engineering in Illinois

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general materials engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

Northwestern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general materials engineering. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general materials engineering from Northwestern University

2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general materials engineering has to check out University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign.More information about a doctorate in general materials engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best General Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	257	26
Ohio	253	28
Indiana	202	41
Wisconsin	163	11

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General Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

General Materials Engineering is one of 0 different types of Materials Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
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