2025 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #108 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 master's degrees in materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 colleges 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 Rocky Mountains Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in materials engineering.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Materials Engineering

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

18 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you wish to pursue a master's degree in materials engineering. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boulder.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

12 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in materials engineering needs to look into University of Utah. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Utah

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	15
Utah	164	9
Idaho	96	6
Montana	90	4

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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	48

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	424
Mechanical Engineering	358
Civil Engineering	205
General Engineering	199
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	168
Systems Engineering	86
Biomedical Engineering	77
Chemical Engineering	72
Computer Engineering	66
Environmental Engineering	39

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.