2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
4Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
164Materials 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 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 164 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
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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
32Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Colorado School of Mines is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general materials engineering. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #87 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Mines is a great school overall.
There were about 32 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent year we have data available.
34Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Any student who is interested in general materials engineering has to take a look at University of Colorado Boulder. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were roughly 34 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in general materials engineering needs to look into University of Utah. U of U is a very large public university located in the city of Salt Lake City. This university ranks 2nd out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 27 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available.
38Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Boise State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general materials engineering. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 38 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Boise State 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.
