2025 Best General Materials Science Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
194General Materials Science Degrees Awarded
A degree in general materials science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #538 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Materials Science Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 194 degrees in general materials science annually.
The general materials science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Materials Science rankings. For our Best Overall General Materials Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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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 General Materials Science Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Materials Science in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general materials science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in General Materials Science
Every student pursuing a degree in general materials science needs to check out University of California - Berkeley. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 101 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year.
University of California - Santa Barbara is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general materials science. UCSB is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara. This university ranks 7th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 31 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general materials science. UCLA is a very large public university located in the city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 4th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 8 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent data year.
General Materials Science Related Rankings by Major
One of 2 majors within the Materials Sciences area of study, General Materials Science has other similar majors worth exploring.
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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