2025 Best General Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #192 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 General Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 111 bachelor's degrees in general materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general materials engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general materials engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general materials engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The materials processing and manufacturing 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 General Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Materials Engineering in Illinois

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

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

92 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general materials engineering has to check out University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general materials engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general materials engineering. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston.More information about a bachelor’s in general materials engineering from Northwestern University

Best General Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	104
Ohio	612	92
Indiana	535	44
Wisconsin	435	52

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Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Processing and Manufacturing

General Materials Engineering is one of 0 different types of Materials Engineering programs to choose from.

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).
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