2025 Best Materials Engineering Schools in Maryland

A degree in materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #154 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for materials engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 110 degrees in materials engineering to qualified students.

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• Best Overall Materials Engineering Schools List

Materials Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Materials Engineering Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Materials Engineering in Maryland

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the materials engineering degree levels they offer.

Top Maryland Schools in Materials Engineering

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded

32.8% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in materials engineering needs to check out Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore.More information about a degree in materials engineering from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

46 Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in materials engineering has to check out University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park.More information about a degree in materials engineering from University of Maryland - College Park

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	334	234
New York	333	158
New Jersey	273	7
District of Columbia	188	0

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Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Materials Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Materials Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	110

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Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	811
Electrical Engineering	546
General Engineering	533
Biomedical Engineering	379
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	304
Chemical Engineering	265
Civil Engineering	252
Computer Engineering	217
Systems Engineering	181
Operations Research	102

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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.