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2025 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

5 Colleges in Texas
99 Doctor's Degrees
a doctor's degree in materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 306 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.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 99 doctor's degrees in materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas 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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

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

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 in Texas list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Materials Engineering in Texas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in materials engineering.

Top Texas Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

1
34 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in materials engineering has to check out Texas A&M University - College Station. Texas A&M College Station is a very 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

2
10 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in materials engineering. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from The University of Texas at Austin

3
14 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in materials engineering needs to look into University of Houston. UH is a very large public university located in the large city of Houston.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Houston

4
12 Annual Graduates

The University of Texas at Dallas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in materials engineering. UT Dallas is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from The University of Texas at Dallas

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Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
13 Annual Graduates

Texas State is a fairly large public university located in the city of San Marcos.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Texas State University

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Arizona 119 25
Oklahoma 92 2
New Mexico 59 2

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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 99

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 176
Civil Engineering 143
Electrical Engineering 139
Biomedical Engineering 126
Chemical Engineering 114
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 88
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 41
Petroleum Engineering 38
Industrial Engineering 32
General Engineering 23

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