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

General Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #192 most popular bachelor's 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 2 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for general materials engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 24 bachelor's degrees in general materials engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general materials engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general materials engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank General Materials Engineering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Alabama list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

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

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Auburn University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general materials engineering. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general materials engineering from Auburn University

2

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

University of Alabama at Birmingham is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general materials engineering. UAB is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.More information about a bachelor’s in general materials engineering from University of Alabama at Birmingham

Best General Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	61
Tennessee	460	21
North Carolina	453	31
Georgia	453	55
Virginia	421	66
South Carolina	370	44
Kentucky	331	27

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General Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Materials Engineering area of study, General Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.