Materials Science

A program that focuses on the general application of mathematical and scientific principles to the analysis and evaluation of the characteristics and behavior of solids, including internal structure, chemical properties, transport and energy flow properties, thermodynamics of solids, stress and failure factors, chemical transformation states and processes, compound materials, and research on industrial applications of specific materials.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 48 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1942 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

7

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

164

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

11

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

258

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

205

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,297

awards given

Top Schools for Materials Science

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

Rank Institution Degrees
1 University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
303
2 Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
270
3 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
174
4 Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
138
5 University of Delaware
Newark, DE
102
6 University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
96
7 University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
90
8 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
51
9 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
48
10 Duke University
Durham, NC
45
11 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
42
12 University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
39
13 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
39
14 Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
36
15 University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
36
16 The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
33
17 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
33
18 Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
30
19 University of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA
30
20 Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
24
21 University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM
24
22 Missouri State University-Springfield
Springfield, MO
21
23 University of Georgia
Athens, GA
21
24 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI
19
25 Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
18
26 University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
18
27 Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA
15
28 Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH
15
29 Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
12
30 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Durham, NH
12
31 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
12
32 University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
12
33 Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
9
34 The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
9
35 Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH
9
36 Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
9
37 University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL
6
38 Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS
6
39 University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
6
40 Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
6
41 University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
3
42 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
3
43 University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
3
44 Montana Technological University
Butte, MT
3
45 University of Denver
Denver, CO
3
46 Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
3
47 University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
3
48 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
3