2025 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
8Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
484Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded
$75,977Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #154 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 484 degrees in materials engineering to qualified students.
The materials engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Materials Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Materials Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the materials engineering degree levels they offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Materials Engineering
Every student who is interested in materials engineering needs to take a look at Cornell University. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 66 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.
Johns Hopkins University is a great option for students interested in a degree in materials engineering. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 64 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in materials engineering. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 84 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute if you wish to pursue a degree in materials engineering. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 6th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 33 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, materials engineering degree recipients typically make about $66,927 in the first five years of their career.
Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 46 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 6th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 30 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.
Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 10th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 35 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year. Those materials engineering students who get their degree from Drexel University receive $3,629 more than the typical materials engineering student.
SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook. This university ranks 14th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 18 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The materials engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Materials Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
