2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Massachusetts
3Colleges in Massachusetts
155Materials 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for general materials engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 155 degrees in general materials engineering annually.
Choosing a Great General Materials Engineering School
Your choice of general materials engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your General Materials Engineering 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 Massachusetts.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts Schools in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
76Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a good decision for students interested in a degree in general materials engineering. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were approximately 76 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent year we have data available.
39Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Boston University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general materials engineering. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 39 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general materials engineering. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 8th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 28 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of general materials engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
