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2024 Best Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region

4 Colleges in the New England Region
192 Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded
$71,006 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in materials engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #154 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of materials engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 192 degrees in materials engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Materials Engineering School

Best Materials Engineering Schools in the New England Region The materials engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for materials engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Materials Engineering Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Materials Engineering
Master's Degrees in Materials Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Materials Engineering

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 Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Materials Engineering in the New England Region

The schools below may not offer all types of materials engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New England Region Schools in Materials Engineering

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
59 Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded
11.9% Growth in Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in materials engineering. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.

There were roughly 59 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent data year. Those materials engineering students who get their degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology make $9,197 more than the standard materials engineering graduate.

More information about a degree in materials engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
55 Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded
18.2% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in materials engineering needs to check out University of Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public university located in the suburb of Storrs. This university ranks 2nd out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.

There were approximately 55 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the materials engineering program state that they receive average early career earnings of $69,167.

More information about a degree in materials engineering from University of Connecticut

3
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Boston University
Boston, MA
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA
37 Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in materials engineering has to check out Boston University. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were approximately 37 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in materials engineering from Boston University

4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MA
31 Materials Engineering Degrees Awarded

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in materials engineering. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #53 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WPI is a great school overall.

There were about 31 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at WPI in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in materials engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Best Materials Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best materials engineering schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301 129
Connecticut 241 55

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

Materials Engineering Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering 192

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 3,129
Computer Engineering 1,743
Electrical Engineering 1,669
Civil Engineering 1,248
Biomedical Engineering 1,180
General Engineering 1,043
Chemical Engineering 750
Other Engineering 447
Industrial Engineering 417
Systems Engineering 411

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