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2024 Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2 Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
60 Bachelor's Degrees
$55,052 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #145 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of materials engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 bachelor's degrees in materials engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

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The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for materials engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in materials engineering.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering

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26 Annual Graduates
$68,028 Median Starting Salary
$25,000 Median Student Debt

Boise State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Boise State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Boise.

Those materials engineering students who get their bachelor's degree from Boise State University receive $12,976 more than the average materials engineering grad.

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in materials engineering needs to check out University of Utah. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Soon after graduation, materials engineering bachelor's recipients typically make around $42,076 at the beginning of their careers.

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

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Utah 204 27
Idaho 171 33

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Materials Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Materials Engineering Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering 60

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 2,007
Civil Engineering 790
Electrical Engineering 680
Chemical Engineering 628
Computer Engineering 315
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 287
Biomedical Engineering 213
Environmental Engineering 129
Petroleum Engineering 125
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 109

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