2024 Best General Materials Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for general materials science students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 10 doctor's degrees in general materials science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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 schools for general materials science students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Materials Science Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Materials Science Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Materials Science in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general materials science.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Materials Science

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Michigan State University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general materials science. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in general materials science from Michigan State University

2

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Wayne State University is a great decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in general materials science. Wayne State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Detroit.More information about a doctorate in general materials science from Wayne State University

Best General Materials Science Colleges by State

Explore the best general materials science colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	257	9
Ohio	253	1
Indiana	202	0

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Per Henning. More about our data sources and methodologies.