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2023 Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s

10 Ranked Colleges
200 Degrees Awarded
$65,449 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor's

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Materials Engineering is the 154th most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,007 and had an average of $23,030 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 491 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,449 and $24,101 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 200 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in materials engineering.

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Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree materials engineering students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s materials engineering students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Full UMCP Materials Engineering Report

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 28 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Cornell

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Materials Engineering at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drexel University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Drexel University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Drexel University

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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 #5 for the Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 25 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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%.

Full RPI Materials Engineering Report

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Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Lehigh University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to qualified 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Lehigh University

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s materials engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Materials Engineering at UPenn

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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Johns Hopkins University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Materials Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

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Alfred University
Alfred, New York

Alfred University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Alfred is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Alfred, New York. It awarded 8 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

With a ranking of #10, University at Buffalo did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 0 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at University at Buffalo

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