Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #154 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Materials Engineering Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 198 degrees in materials engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of materials engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Materials Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Texas list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the materials engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Texas A&M University - College Station is a great decision for students interested in a degree in materials engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were roughly 83 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat The University of Texas at Austin if you want to pursue a degree in materials engineering. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 9 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in materials engineering needs to look into University of Houston. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #211 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UH is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat The University of Texas at Dallas if you wish to pursue a degree in materials engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #216 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Dallas is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Dallas in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 15th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 15 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 44 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the materials engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $41,942.
Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 56th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 4 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTEP in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 9 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 25th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 4 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at UTSA in the most recent data year.
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).
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