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 |