2017 vs 2016 Ranking of the Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs

School Name

2017 Ranking

2016 Ranking

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#1

#1

Northwestern University (McCormick)

#2Tie

#3

University of California—​Santa Barbara

#2Tie

#2

Stanford University

#4Tie

#4Tie

University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

#4Tie

#4Tie

University of California—​Berkeley

#6

#6

California Institute of Technology

#7

#8Tie

Georgia Institute of Technology

#8

#6Tie

Cornell University

#9Tie

#8Tie

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

#9Tie

#10Tie

Carnegie Mellon University

#11

#10Tie

University of Pennsylvania

#12

#12

Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

#13

#13Tie

Harvard University

#14

#13Tie

North Carolina State University

#15Tie

#18Tie

Purdue University—​West Lafayette

#15Tie

#15Tie

University of Florida

#15Tie

#15Tie

University of Wisconsin—​Madison

#15Tie

#15Tie

Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

#19Tie

#43Tie

Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)

#19Tie

#21Tie

Ohio State University

#19Tie

#20

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

#19Tie

#24Tie

University of California—​Los Angeles (Samueli)

#19Tie

#21Tie

University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

#19Tie

#18Tie

University of California—​Davis

#25Tie

#28Tie

University of California—​San Diego (Jacobs)

#25Tie

#28Tie

University of Texas—​Austin (Cockrell)

#25Tie

#24Tie

Virginia Tech

#25Tie

#21Tie

Colorado School of Mines

#29Tie

#33Tie

Rice University (Brown)

#29Tie

#33Tie

University of Maryland—​College Park (Clark)

#29Tie

#28Tie

University of Virginia

#29Tie

#33Tie

Case Western Reserve University

#33Tie

#28Tie

Iowa State University

#33Tie

#24Tie

Lehigh University (Rossin)

#33Tie

#24Tie

University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

#33Tie

#39Tie

University of Washington

#33Tie

#28Tie

Drexel University

#38

#33Tie

Arizona State University (Fulton)

#39Tie

#33Tie

Brown University

#39Tie

#39Tie

Michigan State University

#39Tie

#47Tie

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

#39Tie

#47Tie

University of California—​Irvine (Samueli)

#39Tie

#39Tie

University of Southern California (Viterbi)

#39Tie

#33Tie

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

#45Tie

#47Tie

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

#45Tie

#39Tie

Washington State University

#45Tie

#43Tie

Clemson University

#48Tie

#53Tie

Missouri University of Science & Technology

#48Tie

#47Tie

Stony Brook University—​SUNY

#48Tie

#53Tie

University of Arizona

#48Tie

#43Tie

University of California—​Riverside (Bourns)

#48Tie

#65Tie

University of Connecticut

#48Tie

#43Tie

University of Delaware

#48Tie

#47Tie

Boston University

#55Tie

#53Tie

Dartmouth College (Thayer)

#55Tie

#59Tie

University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)

#55Tie

#53Tie

Michigan Technological University

#58Tie

#53Tie

University of Illinois—​Chicago

#58Tie

#70Tie

University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

#58Tie

#63Tie

University of Utah

#58Tie

#53Tie

Vanderbilt University

#58Tie

#47Tie

University of Rochester

#63Tie

#59Tie

University of Texas—​Dallas (Jonsson)

#63Tie

#59Tie

Binghamton University—​SUNY (Watson)

#65Tie

#59Tie

Oregon State University

#65Tie

#65Tie

University of Alabama

#65Tie

#63Tie

University of Central Florida

#65Tie

N/A

University of Massachusetts—​Lowell (Francis)

#65Tie

N/A

University of Wisconsin—​Milwaukee

#65Tie

N/A

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

#65Tie

N/A

Auburn University (Ginn)

#72Tie

N/A

Clarkson University

#72Tie

N/A

Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

#72Tie

#70Tie

Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)

#72Tie

#70Tie

University of Cincinnati

#72Tie

#70Tie

University of Denver

#72Tie

N/A

University of Houston (Cullen)

#72Tie

#70Tie

University of Texas—​Arlington

#72Tie

#65Tie