2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
8Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
484Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #199 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 484 degrees in general materials engineering annually.
Choosing a Great General Materials Engineering School
The materials processing and manufacturing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Materials Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Materials Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
General Materials Engineering Rankings by Degree Level
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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of materials processing and manufacturing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
66Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Cornell University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in general materials engineering. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 66 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
64Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Johns Hopkins University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in general materials engineering. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 64 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
84Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Any student pursuing a degree in general materials engineering needs to check out University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 84 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
33Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general materials engineering. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy. This school ranks 6th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 33 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent data year.
46Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 46 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 30 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.
35Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 35 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 18 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The materials processing and manufacturing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Materials Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Materials Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
