2024 Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs Ranking by U.S.News (2020 - 2024)
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US News & World Report published its 2024 ranking of the best graduate schools and programs in the U.S. (ranked in 2023). Among the materials science and engineering programs, what are the changes from the 2020 to the 2024 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. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign moved up from No. 6 in the previous year to the No. 2 (tied) spot this year.
- Among the top 25 programs, the schools showing the most progress include Texas A&M University, which advanced 6 spots, as compared to last year's ranking.
- Lehigh University dropped 13 spots over the last year from No. 35 to the current position of No. 48. University of Colorado Boulder dropped from No. 35 to No. 51.
Review the list below to see the detailed ranking numbers compiled by MSE Supplies (www.msesupplies.com).
RNP = ranking not provided
School Name | 2024 Ranking (ranked in 2023) |
2023 Ranking (ranked in 2022) |
2022 Ranking (ranked in 2021) |
2021 Ranking (ranked in 2020) |
2020 Ranking (ranked in 2019) |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
University of California—Berkeley | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Northwestern University (McCormick) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Stanford University | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
University of California—Santa Barbara | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Georgia Institute of Technology | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Cornell University | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
California Institute of Technology | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Pennsylvania State University—University Park | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Carnegie Mellon University | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Purdue University—West Lafayette | 13 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
University of Wisconsin—Madison | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Ohio State University | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
University of Pennsylvania | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
Harvard University | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 |
University of Florida | 17 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 |
University of Texas at Austin (Cockrell) | 17 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 20 |
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) | 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
University of Minnesota—Twin Cities | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
University of California—Los Angeles | 20 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
Texas A&M University—College Station (Look) | 20 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 30 |
North Carolina State University | 24 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 20 |
University of Maryland—College Park (Clark) | 24 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 30 |
Colorado School of Mines | 24 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 22 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 24 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 22 |
Columbia University (Fu Foundation) | 24 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 25 |
Rice University (Brown) | 24 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 26 |
Duke University (Pratt) | 30 | 27 | 26 | 34 | 37 |
University of California—San Diego (Jacobs) | 30 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 30 |
University of California—Davis | 30 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 26 |
University of Washington | 34 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 30 |
University of California—Irvine (Samueli) | 34 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 41 |
Virginia Tech | 34 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 26 |
Drexel University | 37 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
University of Southern California (Viterbi) | 37 | 35 | 35 | 45 | 46 |
Arizona State University (Fulton) | 37 | 35 | 40 | 36 | 41 |
University of Connecticut | 37 | 35 | 46 | 45 | 46 |
Iowa State University | 37 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 37 |
University of Virginia | 42 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 30 |
Case Western Reserve University | 42 | 35 | 40 | 36 | 30 |
Brown University | 42 | 44 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
University of Delaware | 42 | 44 | 40 | 49 | 46 |
University of Tennessee—Knoxville (Tickle) | 42 | 47 | 46 | 49 | 41 |
Lehigh University (Rossin) | 48 | 35 | 40 | 36 | 30 |
Michigan State University | 48 | 47 | 54 | 36 | 46 |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick | 48 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 46 |
University of Colorado—Boulder | 51 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 54 |
Stony Brook University—SUNY | 51 | 49 | 50 | 45 | 41 |
University of Arizona | 51 | 49 | 50 | 49 | 57 |
University of Central Florida | 51 | 49 | 59 | 54 | 57 |
Clemson University | 51 | 56 | 50 | 59 | 46 |
Northeastern University | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 46 |
University of Massachusetts—Amherst | 57 | 49 | 46 | 36 | 41 |
Boston University | 57 | 49 | 59 | 54 | 54 |
Washington University in St. Louis | 57 | 56 | 50 | 62 | 57 |
University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) | 57 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 54 |
Missouri University of Science & Technology | 57 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 57 |
Alfred University—New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori) | 57 | 60 | 54 | 59 | 57 |
Vanderbilt University | 57 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 57 |
Michigan Technological University | 57 | 66 | 59 | 49 | 46 |
University of Utah | 65 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 57 |
Washington State University | 65 | 66 | 54 | 54 | 57 |
University of Illinois—Chicago | 67 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 66 |
Dartmouth College (Thayer) | 67 | 66 | 68 | 62 | 57 |
University of California—Riverside (Bourns) | 67 | 66 | 68 | 62 | 70 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 67 | 71 | 64 | 68 | 70 |
Tufts University | 67 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 67 |
University at Buffalo—SUNY | 72 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 70 |
University of North Texas | 72 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 70 |
Boise State University | 72 | 76 | 68 | 68 | 67 |
University of Alabama | 75 | 76 | 76 | 71 | 70 |
University of Texas at Dallas (Jonsson) | 77 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 70 |
University of Cincinnati | 77 | 73 | 72 | 89 | 67 |
Auburn University (Ginn) | 77 | 73 | 83 | 78 | 78 |
Oregon State University | 77 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 70 |
Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) | 77 | 76 | 76 | 71 | 78 |
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) | 77 | 76 | 76 | 78 | 78 |
University of Kentucky | 77 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 82 |
University of Rochester | 77 | 76 | 92 | 71 | 70 |
Binghamton University—SUNY (Watson) | 77 | 84 | 76 | 78 | 90 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology | 77 | 84 | 76 | 81 | 82 |
University of Massachusetts—Lowell (Francis) | 77 | 84 | 83 | 81 | 90 |
University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee | 77 | 84 | 83 | 81 | 82 |
University of Texas at Arlington | 77 | 84 | 83 | 89 | 78 |
University of Alabama—Birmingham | 77 | 91 | 83 | 81 | 90 |
University of Houston (Cullen) | 91 | 84 | 83 | 81 | 82 |
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 91 | 91 | 83 | 89 | 82 |
University of California—Merced | 91 | 91 | 97 | 98 | RNP |
Wayne State University | 91 | 105 | 103 | 89 | 90 |
Air Force Institute of Technology | 91 | 108 | 97 | 98 | RNP |
Florida A&M University | 96 | 91 | 83 | 81 | RNP |
University of Nevada—Reno | 96 | 98 | 92 | 89 | 90 |
Florida International University | 96 | 98 | 103 | RNP | RNP |
University of New Hampshire | 96 | 105 | 103 | RNP | RNP |
Oklahoma State University | 96 | 108 | 92 | 98 | 82 |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 96 | RNP | RNP | RNP | RNP |
University of Dayton | 102 | 91 | 92 | 98 | 82 |
Clarkson University | 102 | 91 | 97 | 89 | RNP |
University of Vermont | 102 | 98 | 97 | RNP | RNP |
West Virginia University (Statler) | 102 | 98 | 97 | RNP | RNP |
Wright State University | 102 | 98 | 97 | RNP | RNP |
Tulane University | 102 | 98 | 103 | RNP | 90 |
New Mexico State University | 102 | 98 | 103 | RNP | RNP |
Montana State University | 102 | 110 | 111 | RNP | RNP |
University of Miami | 102 | RNP | RNP | RNP | RNP |
University of Texas at El Paso | 102 | RNP | RNP | RNP | RNP |
North Dakota State University | 112 | 110 | 114 | RNP | RNP |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Hughes) | 112 | 113 | 111 | RNP | RNP |
University of Denver | 114 | 105 | 103 | 104 | RNP |
Portland State University (Maseeh) | 115 | 110 | 111 | RNP | RNP |
The Catholic University of America | 117 | 113 | RNP | RNP | RNP |
University of Georgia | RNP | 91 | 103 | RNP | RNP |
University of Nebraska—Lincoln | RNP | RNP | 92 | 81 | 82 |
University of Idaho | RNP | RNP | 103 | 89 | 90 |
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.
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