2024 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

a doctor's degree in materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of materials engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 20 doctor's degrees in materials engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor'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 engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other materials engineering 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for materials engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for materials engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Materials Engineering in Colorado

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in materials engineering.

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

11 Annual Graduates

Colorado School of Mines is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in materials engineering. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Colorado School of Mines

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

9 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in materials engineering. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	104	5
Idaho	47	10

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Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Materials Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	20

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Civil Engineering	40
Electrical Engineering	38
Mechanical Engineering	32
Chemical Engineering	31
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	25
General Engineering	16
Petroleum Engineering	8
Biomedical Engineering	7
Systems Engineering	7
Engineering Science	6

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 Panoramedia. More about our data sources and methodologies.