2024 Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

a bachelor's degree in materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #145 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for materials engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 59 bachelor's degrees in materials engineering to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on materials engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of materials engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for materials engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials engineering related body.

Our full 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in Minnesota

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

Top Minnesota Schools for a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

39 Annual Graduates

$60,883 Median Starting Salary

$21,250 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the materials engineering program report average early career earnings of $60,883.

More information about a bachelor’s in materials engineering from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Winona State University
Winona, MN

20 Annual Graduates

$66,265 Median Starting Salary

$22,000 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in materials engineering needs to take a look at Winona State University. Winona State is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Winona.

Bachelor's recipients from the materials engineering program at Winona State University earn $2,691 above the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Iowa	197	42

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Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Materials Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	59

Most Popular Majors Related to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	477
Electrical Engineering	212
Chemical Engineering	159
Civil Engineering	152
Computer Engineering	140
Industrial Engineering	102
Biomedical Engineering	80
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	76
General Engineering	48
Agricultural Engineering	40

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.