2025 Best Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
2Colleges in the Far Western US Region
77Master's Degrees
Materials Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #190 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of materials sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 77 master's degrees in materials sciences to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on materials sciences students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other materials sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a master'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.
Student Debt - How much debt materials sciences students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials sciences related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for materials sciences students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Materials Sciences Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Materials Sciences in the Far Western US Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in materials sciences.
Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Materials Science
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).