2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois

If you plan on majoring in general materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #199 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 214 degrees in general materials engineering to qualified students.

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• Best Overall General Materials Engineering Schools List

General Materials Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in Illinois

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 processing and manufacturing degree levels they offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

66 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded

Northwestern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general materials engineering. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston.More information about a degree in general materials engineering from Northwestern University

2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

123 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded

11.4% Growth in Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general materials engineering. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in general materials engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best General Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	179
Michigan	915	183
Indiana	737	98
Wisconsin	672	77

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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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