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

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 2 schools in Alabama 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 24 master's degrees in materials engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

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. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for materials engineering.

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

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

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

13 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Alabama at Birmingham is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in materials engineering. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in materials engineering in Alabama. More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Alabama at Birmingham

2

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

11 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Auburn University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in materials engineering. Auburn is a very large public university located in the city of Auburn. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in materials engineering in Alabama. More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Auburn University

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	84
Georgia	186	9
Virginia	175	27
North Carolina	167	26
Tennessee	156	10
South Carolina	141	5
Kentucky	140	1
Mississippi	120	1
West Virginia	108	1

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Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	220
Mechanical Engineering	96
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	74
Civil Engineering	61
Computer Engineering	49
Industrial Engineering	47
Electrical Engineering	34
Other Engineering	32
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	28
Architectural Engineering	28

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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