2025 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #108 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 198 master's degrees in materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

Your choice of materials engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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 master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on materials engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of materials engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for materials engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• 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 schools for materials engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Materials Engineering

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

37 Annual Graduates

$97,525 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in materials engineering has to look into University of Florida. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduation, materials engineering master's recipients typically earn an average of $97,525 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Florida

2

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

34 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in materials engineering has to look into Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

3

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

27 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is a great option for students pursuing a master's degree in materials engineering. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from North Carolina State University

4

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

15 Annual Graduates

Virginia Tech is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in materials engineering. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Virginia Tech

5

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

6

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

14 Annual Graduates

UCF is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Orlando.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Central Florida

7

Florida International University
Miami, FL

10 Annual Graduates

FIU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Miami.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Florida International University

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	61
Georgia	190	22
Virginia	182	18
North Carolina	178	16
Tennessee	166	16
Alabama	151	21
Kentucky	147	0
Louisiana	147	6
South Carolina	146	11
Mississippi	145	0
Arkansas	121	0
West Virginia	112	1

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Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Materials Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	198

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	1,432
Mechanical Engineering	1,108
Civil Engineering	840
Computer Engineering	763
General Engineering	712
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	688
Biomedical Engineering	582
Industrial Engineering	541
Systems Engineering	473
Other Engineering	356

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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