Materials Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and materials science principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of materials and related processes used in manufacturing in a wide variety of settings; the synthesis of new industrial materials, including marrying and bonding composites; analysis of materials requirements and specifications; and related problems of system design dependent on materials factors.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 107 institutions across the United States, with a total of 10268 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,305

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,205

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

773

degrees awarded

Other Awards

6,871

awards given

Top Schools for Materials Engineering

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	433
2	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	420
3	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	363
4	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	338
5	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	330
6	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	297
7	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	297
8	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	294
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	279
10	Stanford University Stanford, CA	267
11	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	252
12	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	252
13	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	234
14	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	225
15	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	204
16	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	195
17	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	186
18	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	174
19	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	165
20	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	162
21	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	162
22	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	150
23	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	138
24	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	138
25	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	135
26	Boston University Boston, MA	135
27	Clemson University Clemson, SC	132
28	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	128
29	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	126
30	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	123
31	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	120
32	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	120
33	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	114
34	Iowa State University Ames, IA	111
35	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	108
36	Washington State University Pullman, WA	108
37	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	105
38	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	96
39	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	96
40	University of North Texas Denton, TX	90
41	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	84
42	Boise State University Boise, ID	81
43	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	78
44	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	75
45	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	75
46	Auburn University Auburn, AL	72
47	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	72
48	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	72
49	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	69
50	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	69
51	Portland State University Portland, OR	69
52	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	66
53	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	66
54	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	63
55	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	60
56	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	57
57	University of Houston Houston, TX	54
58	University of California-Merced Merced, CA	54
59	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	54
60	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	51
61	Winona State University Winona, MN	51
62	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	48
63	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	48
64	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	48
65	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	45
66	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	45
67	Snow College Ephraim, UT	44
68	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM	42
69	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI	42
70	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	42
71	Florida International University Miami, FL	42
72	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD	39
73	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	39
74	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	36
75	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	36
76	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	33
77	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	33
78	Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH	33
79	Alfred University Alfred, NY	30
80	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	27
81	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	27
82	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	27
83	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	24
84	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	24
85	Villanova University Villanova, PA	21
86	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	18
87	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	18
88	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	18
89	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	15
90	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	15
91	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	15
92	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	15
93	Whatcom Community College Bellingham, WA	12
94	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	9
95	Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL	9
96	El Paso Community College El Paso, TX	9
97	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	7
98	Montana Technological University Butte, MT	6
99	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN	6
100	Tufts University Medford, MA	6