2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Virginia

A degree in general materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #199 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 103 degrees in general materials engineering annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Materials Engineering Schools List

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 Virginia. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in Virginia

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the materials processing and manufacturing degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Virginia Schools in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

25.0% Growth in Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general materials engineering. University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a degree in general materials engineering from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

79 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded

Virginia Tech is a great choice for students interested in a degree in general materials engineering. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.More information about a degree in general materials engineering from Virginia Tech

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	715	153
North Carolina	710	61
Georgia	690	114
Tennessee	624	57
South Carolina	530	59
Kentucky	518	29
Mississippi	501	3
Alabama	500	65
Louisiana	489	6
Arkansas	466	1
West Virginia	410	1

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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).
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