2022 Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs Ranking by U.S.News (2018 - 2022)

US News & World Report published its 2022 ranking of the best graduate schools and programs in the U.S. (ranked in 2021).  Among the materials science and engineering programs, what are the changes from the 2018 to the 2022 rankings? MSE Supplies (msesupplies.com) has compiled the ranking data from the last six years and highlighted some interesting changes in ranking.

MSE Supplies is proud of being a trusted supplier to ALL 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.  Among the top 10 schools, the top 5 schools remain unchanged from last year's ranking, while Georgia Institute of Technology and Cornell University both moved up 2 spots on the ranking.
• Among the top 30 programs, the schools showing the most progress include Duke University and University of Washington, which advanced 8 spots and 6 spots, respectively, as compared to last year's ranking. 
• University of Southern California climbed up 10 spots over the last year from No. 45 to the current position of No. 35. 

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

School Name	2022 Ranking (ranked in 2021)	2021 Ranking (ranked in 2020)	2020 Ranking (ranked in 2019)	2019 Ranking (ranked in 2018)	2018 Ranking (ranked in 2017)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1	1	1	1	1
Northwestern University (McCormick)	2	2	2	2	2
University of California—Berkeley	3	2	6	3	5
University of California—Santa Barbara	4	4	3	5	3
Stanford University	5	4	3	3	4
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign	5	6	3	6	5
Georgia Institute of Technology	7	9	7	7	8
California Institute of Technology	8	7	8	7	5
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor	8	7	8	9	9
Cornell University	8	10	8	10	9
Pennsylvania State University—University Park	11	11	11	12	13
Carnegie Mellon University	12	12	12	12	11
Ohio State University	12	13	14	14	19
University of Pennsylvania	12	14	13	17	11
Harvard University	15	16	14	11	14
University of Wisconsin—Madison	15	16	16	14	14
University of Florida	17	14	16	18	17
Purdue University—West Lafayette	17	16	16	14	14
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)	17	19	16	18	20
University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell)	17	21	20	21	31
University of Minnesota—Twin Cities	21	21	22	21	22
University of California—Los Angeles	21	23	26	21	22
North Carolina State University	23	19	20	18	17
Texas A&M University—College Station (Look)	23	23	30	37	39
University of Washington	23	29	30	24	22
University of Maryland—College Park (Clark)	26	23	30	24	27
Duke University (Pratt)	26	34	37	30	46
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	28	23	22	24	22
Colorado School of Mines	28	23	22	30	31
Columbia University (Fu Foundation)	28	23	25	28	20
Rice University (Brown)	28	29	26	37	35
Virginia Tech	32	31	26	28	22
University of California—Davis	32	31	26	30	35
University of California—San Diego (Jacobs)	32	31	30	24	27
University of Virginia	35	34	30	28	31
Drexel University	35	36	37	30	27
Brown University	35	36	37	42	39
University of California—Irvine (Samueli)	35	36	41	50	39
University of Southern California (Viterbi)	35	45	46	42	43
Lehigh University (Rossin)	40	36	30	37	31
Case Western Reserve University	40	36	30	46	35
Iowa State University	40	36	37	30	27
Arizona State University (Fulton)	40	36	41	37	39
University of Colorado—Boulder	40	45	54	46	46
University of Delaware	40	49	46	58	46
University of Massachusetts—Amherst	46	36	41	37	35
University of Connecticut	46	45	46	46	43
University of Tennessee—Knoxville (Tickle)	46	49	41	58	61
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick	46	49	46	42	46
Stony  Brook University—SUNY	50	45	41	50	46
University of Arizona	50	49	57	50	54
Clemson University	50	59	46	58	54
Washington University in St. Louis	50	62	57	46	54
Michigan State University	54	36	46	30	46
University of Pittsburgh (Swanson)	54	54	54	50	43
Washington State University	54	54	57	50	46
Missouri University of Science & Technology	54	54	57	58	65
Alfred University—New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)	54	59	57	50	61
Michigan Technological University	59	49	46	42	54
Boston University	59	54	54	58	46
University of Central Florida	59	54	57	50	71
University of Utah	59	59	57	64	61
University of Illinois—Chicago	59	62	66	64	54
Northeastern University	64	62	46	50	54
University at Buffalo—SUNY	64	62	70	77	71
Vanderbilt University	64	68	57	64	65
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	64	68	70	67	65
Dartmouth College (Thayer)	68	62	57	58	54
University of California—Riverside (Bourns)	68	62	70	69	64
Boise State University	68	68	67	69	RNP
University of North Texas	68	68	70	77	RNP
Oregon State University	72	68	70	67	RNP
Tufts University	72	71	67	69	71
University of Texas—Dallas (Jonsson)	72	71	70	69	RNP
University of Cincinnati	72	89	67	69	65
University of Alabama	76	71	70	RNP	71
Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer)	76	71	78	69	RNP
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)	76	78	78	RNP	RNP
Binghamton University—SUNY (Watson)	76	78	90	77	RNP
New Jersey Institute of Technology	76	81	82	77	RNP
University of Kentucky	76	81	82	RNP	71
University of Massachusetts—Lowell (Francis)	83	81	90	77	RNP
Auburn University (Ginn)	83	78	78	RNP	65
University of Houston (Cullen)	83	81	82	77	71
University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee	83	81	82	77	RNP
University of Alabama—Birmingham	83	81	90	RNP	65
Florida A&M University	83	81	RNP	RNP	RNP
University of Texas—Arlington	83	89	78	77	RNP
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	83	89	82	RNP	RNP
University of Rochester	92	71	70	69	RNP
University of Nebraska—Lincoln	92	81	82	77	RNP
University of Nevada—Reno	92	89	90	N/A	RNP
Oklahoma State University	92	98	82	RNP	RNP
University of Dayton	92	98	82	RNP	RNP
Clarkson University	97	89	RNP	69	RNP
Air Force Institute of Technology	97	98	RNP	77	RNP
University of California—​Merced	97	98	RNP	RNP	RNP
University of Vermont	97	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
West Virginia University (Statler)	97	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Wright State University	97	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University of Idaho	103	89	90	N/A	RNP
Wayne State University	103	89	90	RNP	RNP
University of Denver	103	104	RNP	RNP	RNP
Tulane University	103	RNP	90	RNP	RNP
University of Georgia	103	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Florida International University	103	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
New Mexico State University	103	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University of New Hampshire	103	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Montana State University	111	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Portland State University (Maseeh)	111	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Hughes)	111	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
North Dakota State University	114	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP

 

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