2024 Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #145 most popular bachelor'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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 bachelor'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 bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in Maryland

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for materials engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Maryland Schools for a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

14 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a bachelor’s in materials engineering from Johns Hopkins University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

34 Annual Graduates

$61,034 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat University of Maryland - College Park if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. UMCP is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of College Park.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the materials engineering program earn about $61,034 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in materials engineering from University of Maryland - College Park

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	61
Pennsylvania	274	91

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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	48

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	593
Electrical Engineering	222
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	220
Civil Engineering	219
Computer Engineering	204
Chemical Engineering	192
Agricultural Engineering	125
Biomedical Engineering	114
General Engineering	103
Robotics Engineering	72

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.