2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Illinois

Materials Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #144 out of the 338 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of materials engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 106 bachelor's degrees in materials engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

The materials engineering bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Illinois ranking is to help you make that choice.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of materials engineering students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Materials Engineering Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for materials engineering.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in Illinois

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Materials Engineering Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

87 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a popular option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in materials engineering in Illinois.

There were roughly 87 materials engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the materials engineering program earn around $62,200 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in materials engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

14 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northwestern University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in materials engineering in Illinois.

There were about 14 materials engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in materials engineering from Northwestern University

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Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

5 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Illinois Institute of Technology is a popular option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in materials engineering in Illinois.

There were about 5 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in materials engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	255	86
Ohio	246	65
Indiana	227	63
Wisconsin	209	70

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Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	861
Electrical Engineering	554
Computer Engineering	535
Civil Engineering	402
Chemical Engineering	311
Industrial Engineering	241
Biomedical Engineering	222
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	121
Agricultural Engineering	108
General Engineering	96

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.