2024 Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Alabama

If you plan on getting your master's degree in materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #108 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 21 master's degrees in materials engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Choosing a Great Materials Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of materials engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master'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 - The number of materials engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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 master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials engineering related body.

Our complete 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Alabama list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in materials engineering.

Top Alabama Schools for a Master's in Materials Engineering

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

9 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Auburn University if you want to pursue a master's degree in materials engineering. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Auburn.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Auburn University

2

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

11 Annual Graduates

University of Alabama at Birmingham is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in materials engineering. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from University of Alabama at Birmingham

3

Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL

1 Annual Graduates

Tuskegee University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in materials engineering. Located in the town of Tuskegee, Tuskegee is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in materials engineering from Tuskegee University

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	61
Georgia	190	22
Virginia	182	18
North Carolina	178	16
Tennessee	166	16
Kentucky	147	0
Louisiana	147	6
South Carolina	146	11
Mississippi	145	0
Arkansas	121	0
West Virginia	112	1

View All Rankings >

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	21

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Engineering	222
Mechanical Engineering	73
Civil Engineering	63
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	60
Computer Engineering	46
Other Engineering	41
Electrical Engineering	35
Architectural Engineering	33
Industrial Engineering	27
Chemical Engineering	20

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.