2024 Best Materials Engineering Schools in Alabama
3Colleges in Alabama
60Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded
$73,616Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #154 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Materials Engineering Schools in Alabama ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 degrees in materials engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The materials engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Materials Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Materials Engineering Schools in Alabama ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the materials engineering degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Auburn University if you wish to pursue a degree in materials engineering. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #154 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 31 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in materials engineering needs to look into University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAB is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Birmingham. This university ranks 5th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 21 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the materials engineering program earn an average of $73,616 in the first couple years of their career.
Every student pursuing a degree in materials engineering has to take a look at Tuskegee University. Tuskegee is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Tuskegee. This university ranks 26th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 6 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tuskegee in the most recent data year.
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).
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The materials engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Materials Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
