2025 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 26 doctor's degrees in materials engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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.

• 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 full 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 Florida list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Materials Engineering in Florida

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for materials engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Florida Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

11 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in materials engineering. UF is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Florida

2

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in materials engineering has to take a look at University of Central Florida. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Central Florida

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	127	19
Georgia	126	37
North Carolina	115	14
Mississippi	113	3
Tennessee	102	20
Alabama	98	12
South Carolina	91	4
Kentucky	87	2
Arkansas	58	1

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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	26

Most Popular Majors Related to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	146
Civil Engineering	72
Mechanical Engineering	70
Biomedical Engineering	37
Computer Engineering	25
Industrial Engineering	23
Chemical Engineering	20
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	19
Environmental Engineering	13
Agricultural Engineering	12

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.