2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 658 people earned their degree in materials sciences, making the major the 265th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, materials sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,925 and had an average of $26,966 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 54 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in materials sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their materials sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree materials science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in the Southwest Region

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Materials Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Materials Science Major in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 3 doctorate’s materials science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Materials Sciences at University of Arizona

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Per Henning.