2023 Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs Ranking by U.S.News (2020 - 2023)

US News & World Report published its 2023 ranking of the best graduate schools and programs in the U.S. (ranked in 2022).  Among the materials science and engineering programs, what are the changes from the 2020 to the 2023 rankings? MSE Supplies (msesupplies.com) has compiled the ranking data from the last several years and highlighted some interesting changes in ranking.

MSE Supplies is a trusted supplier to most of these universities listed in the ranking. With a mission to support scientists and engineers worldwide to accelerate their innovations, MSE Supplies is committed to supplying high quality materials, equipment and analytical services for both research and production with the best value.

• The top 10 schools on the list remain the same year over year.  Among the top 10 schools, the top 5 schools remain unchanged from last year's ranking, while Stanford University moved up 2 spots on the ranking.
• Among the top 35 programs, the schools showing the most progress include Colorado School of Mines and University of California - San Diego, which advanced 6 spots and 5 spots, respectively, as compared to last year's ranking. 
• University of Connecticut climbed up 11 spots over the last year from No. 46 to the current position of No. 35. Boston University and University of Central Florida both advanced 10 spots over the last year from No. 59 to No. 49.

Review the list below to see the detailed ranking numbers compiled by MSE Supplies (www.msesupplies.com).  

RNP = ranking not provided 

School Name	2023 Ranking (ranked in 2022)	2022 Ranking (ranked in 2021)	2021 Ranking (ranked in 2020)	2020 Ranking (ranked in 2019)	One year change in ranking position
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1	1	1	1	0
University of California—Berkeley	2	3	2	6	1
Northwestern University (McCormick)	3	2	2	2	-1
Stanford University	3	5	4	3	2
University of California—Santa Barbara	5	4	4	3	-1
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign	6	5	6	3	-1
Georgia Institute of Technology	7	7	9	7	0
California Institute of Technology	8	8	7	8	0
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor	8	8	7	8	0
Cornell University	8	8	10	8	0
Pennsylvania State University—University Park	11	11	11	11	0
Carnegie Mellon University	12	12	12	12	0
Purdue University—West Lafayette	13	17	16	16	4
Ohio State University	14	12	13	14	-2
University of Pennsylvania	14	12	14	13	-2
Harvard University	14	15	16	14	1
University of Wisconsin—Madison	14	15	16	16	1
University of Florida	14	17	14	16	3
University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell)	14	17	21	20	3
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)	20	17	19	16	-3
University of Minnesota—Twin Cities	20	21	21	22	1
University of California—Los Angeles	22	21	23	26	-1
North Carolina State University	22	23	19	20	1
University of Maryland—College Park (Clark)	22	26	23	30	4
Colorado School of Mines	22	28	23	22	6
Texas A&M University—College Station (Look)	26	23	23	30	-3
University of Washington	27	23	29	30	-4
Duke University (Pratt)	27	26	34	37	-1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	27	28	23	22	1
Columbia University (Fu Foundation)	27	28	23	25	1
Rice University (Brown)	27	28	29	26	1
University of California—San Diego (Jacobs)	27	32	31	30	5
University of California—Davis	33	32	31	26	-1
University of California—Irvine (Samueli)	33	35	36	41	2
Virginia Tech	35	32	31	26	-3
University of Virginia	35	35	34	30	0
Drexel University	35	35	36	37	0
University of Southern California (Viterbi)	35	35	45	46	0
Lehigh University (Rossin)	35	40	36	30	5
Case Western Reserve University	35	40	36	30	5
Arizona State University (Fulton)	35	40	36	41	5
University of Colorado—Boulder	35	40	45	54	5
University of Connecticut	35	46	45	46	11
Brown University	44	35	36	37	-9
Iowa State University	44	40	36	37	-4
University of Delaware	44	40	49	46	-4
University of Tennessee—Knoxville (Tickle)	47	46	49	41	-1
Michigan State University	47	54	36	46	7
University of Massachusetts—Amherst	49	46	36	41	-3
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick	49	46	49	46	-3
Stony  Brook University—SUNY	49	50	45	41	1
University of Arizona	49	50	49	57	1
Boston University	49	59	54	54	10
University of Central Florida	49	59	54	57	10
Clemson University	56	50	59	46	-6
Washington University in St. Louis	56	50	62	57	-6
University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)	56	54	54	54	-2
Missouri University of Science & Technology	56	54	54	57	-2
Alfred University—New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)	60	54	59	57	-6
University of Utah	60	59	59	57	-1
University of Illinois—Chicago	60	59	62	66	-1
Northeastern University	60	64	62	46	4
University at Buffalo—SUNY	60	64	62	70	4
Vanderbilt University	60	64	68	57	4
Washington State University	66	54	54	57	-12
Michigan Technological University	66	59	49	46	-7
Dartmouth College (Thayer)	66	68	62	57	2
University of California—Riverside (Bourns)	66	68	62	70	2
University of North Texas	66	68	68	70	2
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	71	64	68	70	-7
Tufts University	71	72	71	67	1
University of Texas—Dallas (Jonsson)	73	72	71	70	-1
University of Cincinnati	73	72	89	67	-1
Auburn University (Ginn)	73	83	78	78	10
Boise State University	76	68	68	67	-8
Oregon State University	76	72	68	70	-4
University of Alabama	76	76	71	70	0
Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)	76	76	71	78	0
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)	76	76	78	78	0
University of Kentucky	76	76	81	82	0
University of Rochester	76	92	71	70	16
Binghamton University—SUNY (Watson)	84	76	78	90	-8
New Jersey Institute of Technology	84	76	81	82	-8
University of Massachusetts—Lowell (Francis)	84	83	81	90	-1
University of Houston (Cullen)	84	83	81	82	-1
University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee	84	83	81	82	-1
University of Texas—Arlington	84	83	89	78	-1
University of Alabama—Birmingham	91	83	81	90	-8
Florida A&M University	91	83	81	RNP	-8
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	91	83	89	82	-8
University of Dayton	91	92	98	82	1
Clarkson University	91	97	89	RNP	6
University of California—​Merced	91	97	98	RNP	6
University of Georgia	91	103	RNP	RNP	12
University of Nevada—Reno	98	92	89	90	-6
University of Vermont	98	97	RNP	RNP	-1
West Virginia University (Statler)	98	97	RNP	RNP	-1
Wright State University	98	97	RNP	RNP	-1
Tulane University	98	103	RNP	90	5
Florida International University	98	103	RNP	RNP	5
New Mexico State University	98	103	RNP	RNP	5
Wayne State University	105	103	89	90	-2
University of Denver	105	103	104	RNP	-2
University of New Hampshire	105	103	RNP	RNP	-2
Oklahoma State University	108	92	98	82	-16
Air Force Institute of Technology	108	97	98	RNP	-11
Montana State University	110	111	RNP	RNP	1
Portland State University (Maseeh)	110	111	RNP	RNP	1
North Dakota State University	110	114	RNP	RNP	4
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Hughes)	113	111	RNP	RNP	-2
The Catholic University of America	113	RNP	RNP	RNP	N/A
University of Nebraska—Lincoln	RNP	92	81	82	N/A
University of Idaho	RNP	103	89	90	N/A

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