2025 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
9Colleges in the Southwest Region
373Materials 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 reviewed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general materials engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 373 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
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 Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region Schools in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
109Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you wish to pursue a degree in general materials engineering. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were roughly 109 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a degree in general materials engineering. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 14 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
82Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
Every student pursuing a degree in general materials engineering has to check out Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 82 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Houston if you wish to pursue a degree in general materials engineering. UH is a very large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 14th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 20 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.
ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public university located in the city of Scottsdale. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 24 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available.
UT Dallas is a fairly large public university located in the city of Richardson. A Best Colleges rank of #209 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Dallas is a great university overall.
There were about 18 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Dallas in the most recent data year.
New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the remote town of Socorro. This school ranks 7th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 15 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at New Mexico Tech in the most recent data year.
49Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
UNT is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denton. This university ranks 13th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 49 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
Texas State is a very large public university located in the city of San Marcos. This university ranks 16th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 8 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas State 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.
