2025 Best Materials Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
194Materials Science Degrees Awarded
$72,216Avg Early-Career Salary
Materials Sciences degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #265 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Materials Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 194 degrees in materials sciences annually.
The materials science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for materials sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Materials Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Materials Sciences in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the materials science degree levels they offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Materials Science
It is hard to beat University of California - Berkeley if you wish to pursue a degree in materials sciences. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 101 materials sciences students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - Santa Barbara is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in materials sciences. UCSB is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara. This university ranks 7th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 31 materials sciences students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in materials sciences has to look into University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA is a fairly 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 about 8 materials sciences students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The materials science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for materials sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
