2025 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
9Colleges in the Southwest Region
373Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded
$75,977Avg Early-Career Salary
Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #154 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for materials engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 373 degrees in materials engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of materials engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Materials Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Materials Engineering in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the materials engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Materials Engineering
It's difficult to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a degree in materials engineering. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 109 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available.
The University of Texas at Austin is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in materials engineering. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a degree in materials engineering. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 82 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available. Materials Engineering degree recipients from Arizona State University - Tempe receive an earnings boost of approximately $3,092 over the average earnings of materials engineering majors.
University of Houston is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in materials engineering. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 20 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 24 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the materials engineering degree program at Arizona State University - Skysong make $32,979 above the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #209 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Dallas is a great university overall.
There were about 18 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Dallas in the most recent data year.
Located in the remote town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school with a small student population. This school ranks 7th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 15 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at New Mexico Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 49 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 8 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of materials engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Materials Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
