If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #145 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 50 bachelor's degrees in materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.
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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in Washington
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in materials engineering.
Top Washington Schools for a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Those materials engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus earn $10,807 more than the average materials engineering student.
Washington State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the materials engineering program earn about $49,560 in the first couple years of working.
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).
