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2024 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

67 Colleges in the United States
712 Doctor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #40 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 67 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 712 doctor's degrees in materials engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

Choosing a Great Materials Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools The materials engineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality materials engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for materials engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Materials Engineering in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for materials engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

1
27 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in materials engineering. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2
34 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in materials engineering. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Northwestern University

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
4 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in materials engineering. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Pennsylvania

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Stanford University
Stanford, CA
23 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in materials engineering has to look into Stanford University. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Stanford University

5
40 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

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37 Annual Graduates

Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
19 Annual Graduates

UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Florida

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23 Annual Graduates

Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the city of College Station.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station

9
11 Annual Graduates

UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison

10
19 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Materials Engineering students that almost earned our Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
12 University of Virginia - Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
13 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
14 University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
15 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
16 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH

Materials Engineering by Region

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Materials Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Materials Engineering Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering 712

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 2,179
Mechanical Engineering 1,634
Biomedical Engineering 1,096
Chemical Engineering 1,087
Civil Engineering 1,086
General Engineering 477
Computer Engineering 386
Industrial Engineering 370
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 361
Other Engineering 182

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