2024 Best Materials Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in materials sciences, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #100 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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Materials Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 3 doctor's degrees in materials sciences to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to materials sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of materials sciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt materials sciences students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for materials sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Materials Sciences Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Materials Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Materials Sciences in Arizona

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

Top Arizona Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Science

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

3 Annual Graduates

University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in materials sciences. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson.More information about a doctorate in materials sciences from University of Arizona

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

Northern Arizona University is a great option for students interested in a doctor's degree in materials sciences. NAU is a very large public university located in the small city of Flagstaff.More information about a doctorate in materials sciences from Northern Arizona University

Best Materials Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Materials Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New Mexico	59	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Science

One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Materials Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Materials Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Science	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physics	49
Chemistry	25
Astronomy & Astrophysics	20
Geological & Earth Sciences	14
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	4

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 Per Henning. More about our data sources and methodologies.