Best Graduate Materials Engineering Programs in US 2017

Ranked in 2016 by US News

More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rankings Overall Engineering School Program Data
Rank School name Enrollment (full-time) Tuition Score
#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA)

3,123 $46,400 per year (full-time) 4.7
#2

Northwestern University (McCormick)

(Evanston, IL)

1,980 $48,624 per year (full-time) 4.5
#2

University of California—​Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA)

743 $12,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,296per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.5
#4

Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)

3,601 $48,720 per year (full-time) 4.4
#4

University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Urbana, IL)

3,421 $19,643 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,626per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.4
#6

University of California—​Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA)

1,973 $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.3
#7

California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA)

545 $43,710 per year (full-time) 4.2
#8

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA)

7,504 $13,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,872per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.1
#9

Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY)

2,001 $29,500 per year (full-time) 4.0
#9

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI)

3,364 $23,504 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,216per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.0
#11

Carnegie Mellon University

(Pittsburgh, PA)

3,648 $42,000 per year (full-time) 3.9
#12

University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA)

1,577 $31,068 per year (full-time) 3.8
#13

Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

(University Park, PA)

1,840 $20,422 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,384per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.7
#14

Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA)

448 $41,832 per year (full-time) 3.5
#15

North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC)

3,362 $7,852 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,951 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.4
#15

Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN)

3,542 $10,330 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,132per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.4
#15

University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL)

2,797 $12,737 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,130per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.4
#15

University of Wisconsin—​Madison

(Madison, WI)

1,939 $11,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,197per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.4
#19

Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

(New York, NY)

3,212 $42,768 per year (full-time) 3.2
#19

Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)

(Baltimore, MD)

3,472 $48,710 per year (full-time) 3.2
#19

Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH)

1,883 $11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,400per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.2
#19

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY)

681 $48,100 per year (full-time) 3.2
#19

University of California—​Los Angeles (Samueli)

(Los Angeles, CA)

2,064 $12,630 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,732per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.2
#19

University of Minnesota—​Twin Cis

(Minneapolis, MN)

1,901 $15,844 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,508per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.2
#25

University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA)

1,131 $13,164 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,266per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.1
#25

University of California—​San Diego (Jacobs)

(La Jolla, CA)

2,244 $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.1
#25

University of Texas—​Austin (Cockrell)

(Austin, TX)

2,373 $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.1
#25

Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA)

2,257 $14,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,980per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.1
#29

Colorado School of Mines

(Golden, CO)

1,261 $15,225 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,700per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.0
#29

Rice University (Brown)

(Houston, TX)

903 $41,560 per year (full-time) 3.0
#29

University of Maryland—​College Park (Clark)

(College Park, MD)

2,318 $14,162 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,782per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.0
#29

University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA)

681 $15,216 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,778per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.0
#33

Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH)

671 $41,137 per year (full-time) 2.9
#33

Iowa State University

(Ames, IA)

1,363 $9,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,250 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.9
#33

Lehigh University (Rossin)

(Bethlehem, PA)

828 $1,380 per credit (full-time) 2.9
#33

University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Amherst, MA)

864 $2,640 per year (in-state, full-time); $9,937 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.9
#33

University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)

2,333 $16,425 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,274per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.9
#38

Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA)

1,225 $32,079 per year (full-time) 2.8
#39

Arizona State University (Fulton)

(Tempe, AZ)

3,610 $10,610 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,086per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.7
#39

Brown University

(Providence, RI)

429 $48,272 per year (full-time) 2.7
#39

Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI)

807 $747 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,401 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.7
#39

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ)

1,355 $16,272 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,648per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.7
#39

University of California—​Irvine (Samueli)

(Irvine, CA)

1,470 $14,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,806per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.7
#39

University of Southern California (Viterbi)

(Los Angeles, CA)

5,195 $28,384 per year (full-time) 2.7
#45

Alfred University—​New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)

(Alfred, NY)

55 $23,664 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,664per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.6
#45

Texas A&M University—​College Station (Look)

(College Station, TX)

3,480 $241 per credit (in-state, full-time); $638 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.6
#45

Washington State University

(Pullman, WA)

732 $11,784 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,216per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.6
#48

Clemson University

(Clemson, SC)

1,457 $9,882 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,550 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.5
#48

Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO)

1,174 $9,288 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,766 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.5
#48

Stony Brook University—​SUNY

(Stony Brook, NY)

1,534 $10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.5
#48

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)

1,098 $11,040 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,362per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.5
#48

University of California—​Riverside (Bourns)

(Riverside, CA)

747 $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.5
#48

University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT)

892 $12,384 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,300per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.5
#48

University of Delaware

(Newark, DE)

881 $1,674 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,674 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.5
#55

Boston University

(Boston, MA)

1,002 $47,422 per year (full-time) 2.4
#55

Dartmouth College (Thayer)

(Hanover, NH)

304 $48,120 per year (full-time) 2.4
#55

University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)

(Pittsburgh, PA)

1,064 $24,402 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,120per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.4
#58

Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI)

1,060 $15,507 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,507per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.3
#58

University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

1,539 $15,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,460per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.3
#58

University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN)

1,008 $11,906 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,354per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.3
#58

University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT)

1,219 $7,054 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,628 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.3
#58

Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN)

503 $1,818 per credit (full-time) 2.3
#63

University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY)

602 $1,482 per credit (full-time) 2.2
#63

University of Texas—​Dallas (Jonsson)

(Richardson, TX)

2,552 $11,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,282per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.2
#65

Binghamton University—​SUNY (Watson)

(Binghamton, NY)

1,109 $10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#65

Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR)

1,150 $14,130 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,932per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#65

University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL)

359 $10,170 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,950per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#65

University of Central Florida

(Orlando, FL)

1,325 $370 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,194 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#65

University of Massachusetts—​Lowell (Francis)

(Lowell, MA)

949 $12,624 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,303per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#65

University of Wisconsin—​Milwaukee

(Milwaukee, WI)

433 $11,724 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,761per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#65

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

(Worcester, MA)

1,124 $24,588 per year (full-time) 2.1
#72

Auburn University (Ginn)

(Auburn, AL)

850 $8,802 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,406 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.0
#72

Clarkson University

(Potsdam, NY)

173 $1,457 per credit (full-time) 2.0
#72

Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

(Chicago, IL)

1,840 $1,313 per credit (full-time) 2.0
#72

Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)

(Hoboken, NJ)

2,073 $32,200 per year (full-time) 2.0
#72

University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH)

808 $12,790 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,532per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.0
#72

University of Denver

(Denver, CO)

213 $28,776 per year (full-time) 2.0
#72

University of Houston (Cullen)

(Houston, TX)

1,499 $451 per credit (in-state, full-time); $941 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.0
#72

University of Texas—​Arlington

(Arlington, TX)

3,320 $6,999 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,753 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.0

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