2027 Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Maryland

General Materials Engineering programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their general materials engineering programs.

For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general materials engineering students pursuing a degree.

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• Best General Materials Engineering Schools in Maryland

Best Schools for General Materials Engineering in Maryland

If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general materials engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Schools in General Materials Engineering

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctoral Degree Highest Degree Type

69 General Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded

$84,850 Median Starting Salary

No school ranked higher than Johns Hopkins University this year for general materials engineering. This very large private not-for-profit university is located in the city of Baltimore. About 94% of students finish within six years. Johns Hopkins University awarded about 69 general materials engineering degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their general materials engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University earn around $84,850 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $13,426. Read more about the general materials engineering program at Johns Hopkins University

2

University Of Maryland College Park
College Park, MD

Doctoral Degree Highest Degree Type

26 General Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded

$57,901 Median Starting Salary

A rank of #2 makes University Of Maryland College Park one of the top schools for general materials engineering. Located in the suburb of College Park, University Of Maryland College Park is a very large public university. The six-year graduation rate is 89%. There were roughly 26 general materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at University Of Maryland College Park in the most recent data year. Graduates of the general materials engineering program make about $57,901 in their early career. Typical student debt for the program is $20,836. Read more about the general materials engineering program at University Of Maryland College Park

Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.

• 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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.