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2024 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania

4 Colleges in Pennsylvania
235 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded
A degree in general materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #199 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for general materials engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 235 degrees in general materials engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great General Materials Engineering School

Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania Your choice of general materials engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general materials engineering 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.

Pick Your General Materials Engineering Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
Master's Degrees in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
Doctor's Degrees in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in Pennsylvania

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 materials processing and manufacturing degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Pennsylvania Schools in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

1
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA
58 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded

University of Pennsylvania is a good option for students pursuing a degree in general materials engineering. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.

There were approximately 58 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In PA
40 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded

Every student who is interested in general materials engineering needs to look into University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Pitt is a very large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 7th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 40 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.

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3
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Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In PA
38 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded

Lehigh University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general materials engineering. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Bethlehem. A Best Colleges rank of #71 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.

There were about 38 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent data year.

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In PA
49 Materials Processing and Manufacturing Degrees Awarded

Drexel University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general materials engineering. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 10th out of 109 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 49 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best General Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 1,026 158
Maryland 618 89
New Jersey 614 7
District of Columbia 441 0

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One of 0 majors within the Materials Engineering area of study, General Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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