Materials Rankings
Materials engineers study and work with plastics, ceramics, steel and more. These are the top undergraduate schools for materials engineering, where the highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate.
Save | Rank | School | Tuition and Fees | Total enrollment | Fall 2014 acceptance rate | Average freshman retention rate | 6-year graduation rate | Classes with fewer than 20 students | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
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#1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | $46,704 | 11,319 | 7.9% | 98% | 91% | 67.3% | 1420-1570 | |
#2 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | in-state: $15,626, out-of-state: $30,786 | 45,140 | 59% | 94% | 84% | 41.7% | 26-32 | |
#3 | University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA | in-state: $13,432, out-of-state: $38,140 | 37,581 | 16% | 97% | 91% | 59% | 1290-1490 | |
#4 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | $49,047 | 20,336 | 13.1% | 97% | 94% | 76.3% | 1390-1560 | |
#5 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | in-state: $14,336, out-of-state: $43,377 | 43,625 | 32.2% | 97% | 91% | 48.1% | 29-33 | |
#6 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $46,320 | 16,795 | 5.1% | 98% | 95% | 70.2% | 1380-1570 | |
#7 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | in-state: $12,204, out-of-state: $32,396 | 23,109 | 33.4% | 96% | 82% | 38.6% | 1310-1490 | |
#8 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | $49,116 | 21,850 | 14.2% | 97% | 93% | 55.3% | 1330-1510 | |
#9 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park University Park, PA | in-state: $17,514, out-of-state: $31,346 | 47,040 | 50.3% | 92% | 86% | 38.4% | 1090-1290 | |
#10 | University of California—Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | in-state: $13,865, out-of-state: $38,573 | 23,051 | 36.3% | 92% | 87% | 49.4% | 1120-1380 | |
#11 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | $50,410 | 13,285 | 24.6% | 95% | 88% | 64.9% | 1340-1540 | |
#12 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | $45,390 | 2,209 | 8.8% | 97% | 92% | 64.9% | 1500-1600 | |
#13 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | in-state: $6,313, out-of-state: $28,591 | 50,350 | 47.1% | 96% | 88% | 49.1% | 1170-1360 | |
#14Tie | Purdue University—West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN | in-state: $10,002, out-of-state: $28,804 | 38,770 | 59.2% | 92% | 74% | 38.6% | 1080-1330 | |
#14Tie | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $49,536 | 21,296 | 10.4% | 98% | 96% | 67.4% | 1360-1550 | |
#16 | Ohio State University—Columbus Columbus, OH | in-state: $10,037, out-of-state: $26,537 | 58,322 | 53% | 93% | 83% | 29.6% | 27-31 | |
#17Tie | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | in-state: $17,383, out-of-state: $34,828 | 5,795 | 36.5% | 91% | 76% | 26.5% | 28-32 | |
#17Tie | Rice University Houston, TX | $42,253 | 6,621 | 15.1% | 97% | 93% | 67.5% | 1390-1550 | |
#17Tie | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA | in-state: $12,017, out-of-state: $27,444 | 31,224 | 72.6% | 92% | 83% | 28.1% | 1110-1320 |