2025 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #40 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 47 doctor's degrees in materials engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to materials engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of materials engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt materials engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Materials Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Materials Engineering in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in materials engineering.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

26 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in materials engineering has to take a look at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is a fairly 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

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA

13 Annual Graduates

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in materials engineering. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	93	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Engineering

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

Materials Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	47

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	122
Mechanical Engineering	114
Biomedical Engineering	93
Chemical Engineering	59
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	38
Civil Engineering	37
Computer Engineering	33
Engineering Science	26
Other Engineering	19
Polymer & Plastics Engineering	17

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Panoramedia. More about our data sources and methodologies.