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2017 vs 2016 Ranking of the Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs

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Every year, US News & World Report publishes its annual ranking of the best graduate schools and programs.  For the materials engineering programs, what are the changes between the 2016 and 2017 rankings? MSE Supplies (www.msesupplies.com) has compiled the ranking data and found some interesting movement of ranking spots of some schools.  

 

Most noticeably, Columbia University moved up 24 spots from last year's #43 to this year's #19.  The second most improved ranking goes to UC Riverside, which climbed from #65 to #48 year-over-year.  

Extended Reading: Comparison of materials engineering programs rankings from 2016 to 2019.

Keep reading and find where your school is on the following list.  

School Name

Year-over-Year Change

2017 Ranking

2016 Ranking

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

No Change

#1

#1

Northwestern University (McCormick)

Up 1 Spot

#2Tie

#3

University of California—​Santa Barbara

No Change

#2Tie

#2

Stanford University

No Change

#4Tie

#4Tie

University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

No Change

#4Tie

#4Tie

University of California—​Berkeley

No Change

#6

#6

California Institute of Technology

Up 1 Spot

#7

#8Tie

Georgia Institute of Technology

Down 2 Spots

#8

#6Tie

Cornell University

Down 1 Spot

#9Tie

#8Tie

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

Up 1 Spot

#9Tie

#10Tie

Carnegie Mellon University

Down 1 Spot

#11

#10Tie

University of Pennsylvania

No Change

#12

#12

Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

No Change

#13

#13Tie

Harvard University

Down 1 Spot

#14

#13Tie

North Carolina State University

Up 3 Spots

#15Tie

#18Tie

Purdue University—​West Lafayette

No Change

#15Tie

#15Tie

University of Florida

No Change

#15Tie

#15Tie

University of Wisconsin—​Madison

No Change

#15Tie

#15Tie

Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

Up 24 Spots

#19Tie

#43Tie

Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)

Up 3 Spots

#19Tie

#21Tie

Ohio State University

Up 1 Spot

#19Tie

#20

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Up 5 Spots

#19Tie

#24Tie

University of California—​Los Angeles (Samueli)

Up 2 Spots

#19Tie

#21Tie

University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

Down 1 Spot

#19Tie

#18Tie

University of California—​Davis

Up 3 Spots

#25Tie

#28Tie

University of California—​San Diego (Jacobs)

Up 3 Spots

#25Tie

#28Tie

University of Texas—​Austin (Cockrell)

Down 1 Spot

#25Tie

#24Tie

Virginia Tech

Down 4 Spots

#25Tie

#21Tie

Colorado School of Mines

Up 4 Spots

#29Tie

#33Tie

Rice University (Brown)

Up 4 Spots

#29Tie

#33Tie

University of Maryland—​College Park (Clark)

Down 1 Spot

#29Tie

#28Tie

University of Virginia

Up 4 Spots

#29Tie

#33Tie

Case Western Reserve University

Down 5 Spots

#33Tie

#28Tie

Iowa State University

Down 9 Spots

#33Tie

#24Tie

Lehigh University (Rossin)

Down 9 Spots

#33Tie

#24Tie

University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

Up 6 Spots

#33Tie

#39Tie

University of Washington

Down 5 Spots

#33Tie

#28Tie

Drexel University

Down 5 Spots

#38

#33Tie

Arizona State University (Fulton)

Down 6 Spots

#39Tie

#33Tie

Brown University

No Change

#39Tie

#39Tie

Michigan State University

Up 8 Spots

#39Tie

#47Tie

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

Up 8 Spots

#39Tie

#47Tie

University of California—​Irvine (Samueli)

No Change

#39Tie

#39Tie

University of Southern California (Viterbi)

Down 6 Spots

#39Tie

#33Tie

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

Up 2 Spots

#45Tie

#47Tie

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

Up 4 Spots

#45Tie

#39Tie

Washington State University

Down 2 Spots

#45Tie

#43Tie

Clemson University

Up 5 Spots

#48Tie

#53Tie

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Down 1 Spot

#48Tie

#47Tie

Stony Brook University—​SUNY

Up 5 Spots

#48Tie

#53Tie

University of Arizona

Down 5 Spots

#48Tie

#43Tie

University of California—​Riverside (Bourns)

Up 17 Spots

#48Tie

#65Tie

University of Connecticut

Down 5 Spots

#48Tie

#43Tie

University of Delaware

Down 1 Spot

#48Tie

#47Tie

Boston University

Down 2 Spots

#55Tie

#53Tie

Dartmouth College (Thayer)

Up 4 Spots

#55Tie

#59Tie

University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)

Down 2 Spots

#55Tie

#53Tie

Michigan Technological University

Down 5 Spots

#58Tie

#53Tie

University of Illinois—​Chicago

Up 12 Spots

#58Tie

#70Tie

University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

Up 5 Spots

#58Tie

#63Tie

University of Utah

Down 5 Spots

#58Tie

#53Tie

Vanderbilt University

Down 12 Spots

#58Tie

#47Tie

University of Rochester

Down 5 Spots

#63Tie

#59Tie

University of Texas—​Dallas (Jonsson)

Down 4 Spots

#63Tie

#59Tie

Binghamton University—​SUNY (Watson)

Down 6 Spots

#65Tie

#59Tie

Oregon State University

No Change

#65Tie

#65Tie

University of Alabama

Down 2 Spots

#65Tie

#63Tie

University of Central Florida

New

#65Tie

N/A

University of Massachusetts—​Lowell (Francis)

New

#65Tie

N/A

University of Wisconsin—​Milwaukee

New

#65Tie

N/A

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

New

#65Tie

N/A

Auburn University (Ginn)

New

#72Tie

N/A

Clarkson University

New

#72Tie

N/A

Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

Down 2 Spots

#72Tie

#70Tie

Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)

Down 2 Spots

#72Tie

#70Tie

University of Cincinnati

Down 2 Spots

#72Tie

#70Tie

University of Denver

New

#72Tie

N/A

University of Houston (Cullen)

Down 2 Spots

#72Tie

#70Tie

University of Texas—​Arlington

Down 7 Spots

#72Tie

#65Tie

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