2024 Best Materials Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
39Materials Science Degrees Awarded
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in materials sciences. It is ranked #265 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for materials sciences students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 39 degrees in materials sciences to qualified students.
The materials science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall Materials Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Materials Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Materials Sciences in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of materials science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in materials sciences needs to check out University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 2 materials sciences students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Florida State University if you want to pursue a degree in materials sciences. Florida State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee. This university ranks 3rd out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 5 materials sciences students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in materials sciences. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 2 materials sciences students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The materials science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Materials Sciences rankings. We derive our Best Overall Materials Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
