2020 Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs Ranking by U.S.News (2016 - 2020)

US News & World Report published its 2020 ranking of the best graduate schools and programs in the U.S. (ranked in 2019).  Among the materials science and engineering programs, what are the changes from the 2016 to 2020 rankings? MSE Supplies (www.msesupplies.com) has compiled the ranking data from the last five years and highlighted some interesting changes of ranking spots. 

• The top 10 schools on the list remain the same year over year.  Among the top 10 schools, University  of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has advanced the most on the rankings over the last year, leaping from No. 6 to No. 3. In contract, University  of California—Berkeley moved from No. 3 to No. 6.  
• Harvard University, moved back to No. 14 after being ranked at No. 11 last year. 
• Colorado  School of Mines climbed up over the year from No. 30 to the current spot of No. 22. 
• Rice  University is now ranked at No. 26 as compared to No. 33 a year ago.  
• Among the top 50 programs, University  of Tennessee - Knoxville gained an impressive 17 spots from last year.

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

2020 Best Materials Engineering Programs U.S. News Ranking
School Name	2020 Ranking (ranked in 2019)	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	1
Northwestern  University (McCormick)	2	2	2	2	3
Stanford  University	3	3	4	4	4
University  of California—Santa Barbara	3	5	3	2	2
University  of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign	3	6	5	4	4
University  of California—Berkeley	6	3	5	6	6
Georgia  Institute of Technology	7	7	8	8	6
California  Institute of Technology	8	7	5	7	8
University  of Michigan—Ann Arbor	8	9	9	9	10
Cornell  University	8	10	9	9	8
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Pennsylvania  State University—University Park	11	12	13	13	13
Carnegie  Mellon University	12	12	11	11	10
University  of Pennsylvania	13	17	11	12	12
Harvard  University	14	11	14	14	13
Ohio  State University	14	14	19	19	20
Purdue  University—West Lafayette	16	14	14	15	15
University  of Wisconsin—Madison	16	14	14	15	15
University  of Florida	16	18	17	15	15
Johns  Hopkins University (Whiting)	16	18	20	19	21
North  Carolina State University	20	18	17	15	18
University  of Texas—Austin (Cockrell)	20	21	31	25	24
University  of Minnesota—Twin Cities	22	21	22	19	18
Rensselaer  Polytechnic Institute	22	24	22	19	24
Colorado  School of Mines	22	30	31	29	33
Columbia  University (Fu Foundation)	25	28	20	19	43
University  of California—Los Angeles	26	21	22	19	21
Virginia  Tech	26	28	22	25	21
University  of California—Davis	26	30	35	25	28
Rice  University (Brown)	26	37	35	29	33
University  of Washington	30	24	22	33	28
University  of California—San Diego (Jacobs)	30	24	27	25	28
University  of Maryland—College Park (Clark)	30	24	27	29	28
University  of Virginia	30	28	31	25	33
Lehigh  University (Rossin)	30	37	31	33	24
Texas  A&M University—College Station (Look)	30	37	39	45	39
Case  Western Reserve University	30	46	35	33	28
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Drexel  University	37	30	27	38	33
Iowa  State University	37	30	27	33	24
Duke  University (Pratt)	37	30	46	RNP	RNP
Brown  University	37	42	39	39	39
University  of Massachusetts—Amherst	41	37	35	33	39
Arizona  State University (Fulton)	41	37	39	39	33
University  of California—Irvine (Samueli)	41	50	39	39	39
Stony  Brook University—SUNY	41	50	46	48	53
University  of Tennessee—Knoxville (Tickle)	41	58	61	58	63
Michigan  State University	46	30	46	39	47
University  of Southern California (Viterbi)	46	42	43	39	33
Rutgers,  The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick	46	42	46	39	47
Michigan  Technological University	46	42	54	58	53
University  of Connecticut	46	46	43	48	43
Northeastern  University	46	50	54	RNP	RNP
University  of Delaware	46	58	46	48	47
Clemson  University	46	58	54	48	53
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University  of Colorado—Boulder	54	46	46	RNP	RNP
University  of Pittsburgh (Swanson)	54	50	43	55	53
Boston  University	54	58	46	55	53
Washington  University in St. Louis	57	46	54	RNP	RNP
Washington  State University	57	50	46	45	43
University  of Arizona	57	50	54	48	43
Alfred  University—New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)	57	50	61	45	47
University  of Central Florida	57	50	71	65	RNP
Dartmouth  College (Thayer)	57	58	54	55	59
Missouri  University of Science & Technology	57	58	65	48	47
University  of Utah	57	64	61	58	53
Vanderbilt  University	57	64	65	58	47
University  of Illinois—Chicago	66	64	54	58	70
University  of Cincinnati	67	69	65	72	70
Tufts  University	67	69	71	RNP	RNP
Boise  State University	67	69	RNP	RNP	RNP
Worcester  Polytechnic Institute	70	67	65	65	RNP
Oregon  State University	70	67	RNP	65	65
University  of California—Riverside (Bourns)	70	69	64	48	65
University  of Rochester	70	69	RNP	63	59
University  of Texas—Dallas (Jonsson)	70	69	RNP	63	59
University  at Buffalo—SUNY	70	77	71	RNP	RNP
University  of North Texas	70	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Alabama	70	RNP	71	65	63
Stevens  Institute of Technology (Schaefer)	78	69	RNP	72	70
University  of Texas—Arlington	78	77	RNP	72	65
Auburn  University (Ginn)	78	RNP	65	72	RNP
Illinois  Institute of Technology (Armour)	78	RNP	RNP	72	70
University  of Houston (Cullen)	82	77	71	72	70
New  Jersey Institute of Technology	82	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Nebraska—Lincoln	82	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Wisconsin—Milwaukee	82	77	RNP	65	RNP
University  of Kentucky	82	RNP	71	RNP	RNP
Oklahoma  State University	82	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
South  Dakota School of Mines and Technology	82	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Dayton	82	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Binghamton  University—SUNY (Watson)	90	77	RNP	65	59
University  of Massachusetts—Lowell (Francis)	90	77	RNP	65	RNP
University  of Idaho	90	N/A	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Nevada—Reno	90	N/A	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Alabama—Birmingham	90	RNP	65	RNP	RNP
Tulane University	90	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Wayne State University	90	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Clarkson  University	RNP	69	RNP	72	RNP
Air  Force Institute of Technology	RNP	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
Florida  A&M University	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Montana  State University	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Denver	RNP	RNP	RNP	72	RNP
University of California—​Merced	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Portland State University (Maseeh)	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP