2024 Best General Materials Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
49Doctor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in general materials science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #129 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for general materials science students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 49 doctor's degrees in general materials science to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Materials Science School for Your Doctor's Degree
Your choice of general materials science for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general materials science students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general materials science students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general materials science related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general materials science students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Materials Science Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Materials Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Materials Science in the Far Western US Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general materials science.
Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Materials Science
Rankings in Majors Related to General Materials Science
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).