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Materials Engineering

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Engineering Schools

Materials engineers use creativity to find new ways to use products and may specialize in a specific material, such as plastics, ceramics, or steel. These are the top graduate schools for materials engineering.

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Rankings			Overall Engineering School Program Data
Rank	School name	Score	Tuition	Total graduate engineering enrollment	Additional data
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	4.7	$41,770 per year (full-time)	3,163	U.S. News Engineering School Compass Get the U.S. News Engineering School Compass to unlock more data columns. Access the complete rankings and more to find the right engineering school for you. Expanded profiles for all schools All entering class stats, including average GRE scores Research Expenditures All college data included (access good for one year) Get Access Already a member? Login here
#2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	4.4	$43,950 per year (full-time)	3,548
#2	University of California‒Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	4.4	$12,192 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,294 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	760
#4	Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL	4.3	$43,380 per year (full-time)	1,669
#4	University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	4.3	$16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,975
#6	University of California‒Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.2	$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,837
#7	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	4.0	$38,084 per year (full-time)	587
#7	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.0	$29,500 per year (full-time)	1,768
#9	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	3.9	$10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	4,651
#9	University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	3.9	$22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	3,184
#11	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	3.8	$12,589 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,983 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,967
#12	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	3.7	$38,900 per year (full-time)	2,857
#12	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	3.7	$27,700 per year (full-time)	1,704
#14	Pennsylvania State University‒University Park University Park, PA	3.6	$18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,863
#15	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	3.5	$37,576 per year (full-time)	404
#15	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	3.5	$11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,738
#17	Purdue University‒West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	3.4	$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	3,070
#17	University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	3.4	$14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,920
#17	University of Wisconsin‒Madison Madison, WI	3.4	$11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,903
#20	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	3.3	$6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,918
#20	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	3.3	$43,350 per year (full-time)	831
#22	Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ	3.2	$10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,692
#22	Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD	3.2	$43,930 per year (full-time)	3,434
#22	University of California‒Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA	3.2	$12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,776
#25	University of California‒Davis Davis, CA	3.1	$15,387 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,489 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,169

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