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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major” ranking.
General Materials Engineering is the 199th most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,519 general materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major” ranking looked at 57 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general materials engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general materials engineering.
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The materials processing and manufacturing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alfred University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Alfred, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Socorro, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major. RPI is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Materials Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Materials Engineering at Lehigh University
With a ranking of #6, Winona State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Winona State is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 20 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Materials Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking, coming in at #8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 24 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about General Materials Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Virginia Tech did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 66 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #10, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking, coming in at #11. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Materials Engineering at Clemson
University of California - Merced landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Merced, California, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Materials Engineering at UC Merced
Iowa State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 42 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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With a ranking of #14, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Materials Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Boise State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking, coming in at #15. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 26 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 73 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #17, University of Connecticut did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Washington State University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 35 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Drexel University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking. Drexel University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 27 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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California Institute of Technology came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking. Caltech is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pasadena, California. It awarded 2 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
With a ranking of #21, University of Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 61 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #22, Cornell University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major list. Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Processing and Manufacturing Major ranking, coming in at #25. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s materials processing and manufacturing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
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