2025 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #108 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for materials engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 199 master's degrees in materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Materials Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of materials engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on materials engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of materials engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for materials engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for materials engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The materials engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in materials engineering.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Materials Engineering

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

42 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in materials engineering needs to check out Cornell University. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Cornell University

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

30 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Johns Hopkins University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in materials engineering. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Johns Hopkins University

3

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

43 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a master's degree in materials engineering. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Pennsylvania

4

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

10 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in materials engineering has to take a look at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

5

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

11 Annual Graduates

$85,503 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the materials engineering program report average early career earnings of $85,503.

More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Drexel University

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	67
Pennsylvania	248	93
Maryland	193	23
New Jersey	188	2
District of Columbia	154	0

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Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Materials Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	199

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	2,147
Mechanical Engineering	1,548
Computer Engineering	1,274
Biomedical Engineering	1,143
General Engineering	916
Systems Engineering	776
Civil Engineering	727
Chemical Engineering	588
Operations Research	580
Industrial Engineering	533

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Panoramedia. More about our data sources and methodologies.