2024 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #108 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for materials engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 15 master's degrees in materials engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to materials engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other materials engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt materials engineering 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 engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Materials Engineering Schools

The materials engineering 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 the Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in Colorado

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

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in Materials Engineering

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

9 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in materials engineering has to check out Colorado School of Mines. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Colorado School of Mines

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

6 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in materials engineering. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	164	9
Idaho	96	6
Montana	90	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Materials Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	15

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	178
Electrical Engineering	170
Mechanical Engineering	161
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	151
Civil Engineering	124
Systems Engineering	54
Chemical Engineering	33
Biomedical Engineering	27
Environmental Engineering	23
Geoscience Engineering	22

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.