2019 Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs Ranking by U.S.News (2016 - 2019)

US News & World Report just published its 2019 ranking of the best graduate schools and programs in the U.S. (ranked in 2018).  Among the materials science and engineering programs, what are the changes from the 2016 to 2019 rankings? MSE Supplies (www.msesupplies.com) has compiled the ranking data from the last 4 years and highlighted some interesting changes of ranking spots.

• Among the top 10 schools, UC-Berkeley has advanced the most on the rankings over the last 4 years, leaping from No. 6 to No. 3.
• Harvard University, ranked at No. 11, moved up 3 spots from last year when it was at No. 14.
• Ohio State University continued to climb up over the last four years from No. 20 to the current spot of No. 14. 
• UT Austin is now ranked at No. 21 as compared to No. 31 a year ago. 
• Among the top 50 programs, University of Central Florida gained an impressive 21 spots from last year. In addition, both Duke University and Michigan State University moved up from last year's No. 46 to this year's No. 30.  

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

School Name	2019 Ranking (ranked in 2018)	2018 Ranking (ranked in 2017)	2017 Ranking (ranked in 2016)	2016 Ranking  (ranked in 2015)
Massachusetts  Institute of Technology	1	1	1	1
Northwestern  University (McCormick)	2	2	2	3
Stanford  University	3	4	4	4
University  of California—Berkeley	3	5	6	6
University  of California—Santa Barbara	5	3	2	2
University  of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign	6	5	4	4
California  Institute of Technology	7	5	7	8
Georgia  Institute of Technology	7	8	8	6
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University  of Michigan—Ann Arbor	9	9	9	10
Cornell  University	10	9	9	8
Harvard  University	11	14	14	13
Carnegie  Mellon University	12	11	11	10
Pennsylvania  State University—University Park	12	13	13	13
Purdue  University—West Lafayette	14	14	15	15
University  of Wisconsin—Madison	14	14	15	15
Ohio  State University	14	19	19	20
University  of Pennsylvania	17	11	12	12
North  Carolina State University	18	17	15	18
University  of Florida	18	17	15	15
Johns  Hopkins University (Whiting)	18	20	19	21
University  of California—Los Angeles	21	22	19	21
University  of Minnesota—Twin Cities	21	22	19	18
University  of Texas—Austin (Cockrell)	21	31	25	24
Rensselaer  Polytechnic Institute	24	22	19	24
University  of Washington	24	22	33	28
University  of California—San Diego (Jacobs)	24	27	25	28
University  of Maryland—College Park (Clark)	24	27	29	28
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Columbia  University (Fu Foundation)	28	20	19	43
Virginia  Tech	28	22	25	21
University  of Virginia	28	31	25	33
Drexel  University	30	27	38	33
Iowa  State University	30	27	33	24
Colorado  School of Mines	30	31	29	33
University  of California—Davis	30	35	25	28
Duke  University (Pratt)	30	46	RNP	RNP
Michigan  State University	30	46	39	47
Lehigh  University (Rossin)	37	31	33	24
Rice  University (Brown)	37	35	29	33
University  of Massachusetts—Amherst	37	35	33	39
Arizona  State University (Fulton)	37	39	39	33
Texas  A&M University—College Station (Look)	37	39	45	39
Brown  University	42	39	39	39
University  of Southern California (Viterbi)	42	43	39	33
Rutgers,  The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick	42	46	39	47
Michigan  Technological University	42	54	58	53
Case  Western Reserve University	46	35	33	28
University  of Connecticut	46	43	48	43
University  of Colorado—Boulder	46	46	RNP	RNP
Washington  University in St. Louis	46	54	RNP	RNP
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University  of California—Irvine (Samueli)	50	39	39	39
University  of Pittsburgh (Swanson)	50	43	55	53
Stony  Brook University—SUNY	50	46	48	53
Washington  State University	50	46	45	43
Northeastern  University	50	54	RNP	RNP
University  of Arizona	50	54	48	43
Alfred  University—New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)	50	61	45	47
University  of Central Florida	50	71	65	RNP
Boston  University	58	46	55	53
University  of Delaware	58	46	48	47
Clemson  University	58	54	48	53
Dartmouth  College (Thayer)	58	54	55	59
University  of Tennessee—Knoxville (Tickle)	58	61	58	63
Missouri  University of Science & Technology	58	65	48	47
University  of Illinois—Chicago	64	54	58	70
University  of Utah	64	61	58	53
Vanderbilt  University	64	65	58	47
Worcester  Polytechnic Institute	67	65	65	RNP
Oregon  State University	67	RNP	65	65
University  of California—Riverside (Bourns)	69	64	48	65
University  of Cincinnati	69	65	72	70
Tufts  University	69	71	RNP	RNP
Boise  State University	69	RNP	RNP	RNP
Clarkson  University	69	RNP	72	RNP
Stevens  Institute of Technology (Schaefer)	69	RNP	72	70
University  of Rochester	69	RNP	63	59
University  of Texas—Dallas (Jonsson)	69	RNP	63	59
University  at Buffalo—SUNY	77	71	RNP	RNP
University  of Houston (Cullen)	77	71	72	70
Air  Force Institute of Technology	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
Binghamton  University—SUNY (Watson)	77	RNP	65	59
New  Jersey Institute of Technology	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Massachusetts—Lowell (Francis)	77	RNP	65	RNP
University  of Nebraska—Lincoln	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of North Texas	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Texas—Arlington	77	RNP	72	65
University  of Wisconsin—Milwaukee	77	RNP	65	RNP
University  of Idaho	N/A	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Nevada—Reno	N/A	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of New Hampshire	N/A	RNP	RNP	RNP
Auburn  University (Ginn)	RNP	65	72	RNP
University  of Alabama—Birmingham	RNP	65	RNP	RNP
University  of Alabama	RNP	71	65	63
University  of Kentucky	RNP	71	RNP	RNP
Florida  International University	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Illinois  Institute of Technology (Armour)	RNP	RNP	72	70
Montana  State University	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Oklahoma  State University	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
South  Dakota School of Mines and Technology	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Dayton	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Denver	RNP	RNP	72	RNP
University of California—​Merced	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Tulane University	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Portland State University (Maseeh)	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Wayne State University	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP