2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Massachusetts

A master's degree in materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #101 out of 326 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the most popular for materials engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 master's degrees in materials engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in materials engineering matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Materials Engineering in Massachusetts 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

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for materials engineering.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in Massachusetts

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

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

1

Boston University
Boston, MA

40 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Boston University is a popular option for students pursuing a master's degree in materials engineering. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in materials engineering in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 40 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.

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

2

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA

20 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in materials engineering needs to take a look at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in materials engineering in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 20 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in materials engineering. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in materials engineering in Massachusetts.

There were roughly 3 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	150	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Engineering

One of 40 majors within the Engineering area of study, Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Engineering	819
Electrical Engineering	545
Mechanical Engineering	533
Systems Engineering	309
General Engineering	265
Civil Engineering	205
Other Engineering	176
Biomedical Engineering	132
Industrial Engineering	117
Chemical Engineering	93

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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