2021 Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs Ranking by U.S.News (2016 - 2021)

US News & World Report published its 2021 ranking of the best graduate schools and programs in the U.S. (ranked in 2020).  Among the materials science and engineering programs, what are the changes from the 2016 to the 2021 rankings? MSE Supplies (msesupplies.com) has compiled the ranking data from the last six years and highlighted some interesting changes in ranking.

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• The top 10 schools on the list remain the same year over year.  Among the top 10 schools, University  of California - Berkeley has advanced the most on the ranking over the last year, leaping from No. 6 to No. 2, tied with Northwestern University. In contract, University  of Illinois - Urbana Champaign (UIUC) moved from No. 3 to No. 6, which was the same spot ranked for UIUC two years ago.  
• Among the top 30 programs, both the University of Maryland and Texas A&M University have advanced 7 spots to this year's No. 23 from No. 30 in last year's ranking. 
• Michigan State University climbed up 10 spots over the last year from No. 46 to the current position of No. 36. 
• Over the period of the last two years, the schools with the most gains in ranking include Texas A&M University and the University of California - Irvine, both of which climbed up 14 spots. Texas A&M University soared from No. 37 to No. 23 in just two years. The University of California - Irvine has demonstrated steady increase in the ranking position over the last two years from No. 50 to No. 36 in the current ranking.

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

2021 Best Materials Engineering Programs U.S. News Ranking
School Name	2021 Ranking (ranked in 2020)	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	1
Northwestern  University (McCormick)	2	2	2	2	2	3
University  of California, Berkeley	2	6	3	5	6	6
Stanford  University	4	3	3	4	4	4
University  of California, Santa Barbara	4	3	5	3	2	2
University  of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	6	3	6	5	4	4
California  Institute of Technology	7	8	7	5	7	8
University  of Michigan, Ann Arbor	7	8	9	9	9	10
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Georgia  Institute of Technology	9	7	7	8	8	6
Cornell  University	10	8	10	9	9	8
Pennsylvania  State University, University Park	11	11	12	13	13	13
Carnegie  Mellon University	12	12	12	11	11	10
Ohio  State University	13	14	14	19	19	20
University  of Pennsylvania	14	13	17	11	12	12
University  of Florida	14	16	18	17	15	15
Harvard  University	16	14	11	14	14	13
Purdue  University, West Lafayette	16	16	14	14	15	15
University  of Wisconsin - Madison	16	16	14	14	15	15
Johns  Hopkins University (Whiting)	19	16	18	20	19	21
North  Carolina State University	19	20	18	17	15	18
University  of Texas at Austin (Cockrell)	21	20	21	31	25	24
University  of Minnesota - Twin Cities	21	22	21	22	19	18
Rensselaer  Polytechnic Institute	23	22	24	22	19	24
Colorado  School of Mines	23	22	30	31	29	33
Columbia  University (Fu Foundation)	23	25	28	20	19	43
University  of California, Los Angeles	23	26	21	22	19	21
University  of Maryland, College Park (Clark)	23	30	24	27	29	28
Texas  A&M University, College Station (Look)	23	30	37	39	45	39
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Rice  University (Brown)	29	26	37	35	29	33
University  of Washington	29	30	24	22	33	28
Virginia  Tech	31	26	28	22	25	21
University  of California, Davis	31	26	30	35	25	28
University  of California, San Diego (Jacobs)	31	30	24	27	25	28
University  of Virginia	34	30	28	31	25	33
Duke  University (Pratt)	34	37	30	46	RNP	RNP
Lehigh  University (Rossin)	36	30	37	31	33	24
Case  Western Reserve University	36	30	46	35	33	28
Drexel  University	36	37	30	27	38	33
Iowa  State University	36	37	30	27	33	24
Brown  University	36	37	42	39	39	39
University  of Massachusetts, Amherst	36	41	37	35	33	39
Arizona  State University (Fulton)	36	41	37	39	39	33
University  of California, Irvine (Samueli)	36	41	50	39	39	39
Michigan  State University	36	46	30	46	39	47
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Stony  Brook University - SUNY	45	41	50	46	48	53
University  of Southern California (Viterbi)	45	46	42	43	39	33
University  of Connecticut	45	46	46	43	48	43
University  of Colorado, Boulder	45	54	46	46	RNP	RNP
University  of Tennessee, Knoxville (Tickle)	49	41	58	61	58	63
Rutgers,  The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick	49	46	42	46	39	47
Michigan  Technological University	49	46	42	54	58	53
University  of Delaware	49	46	58	46	48	47
University  of Arizona	49	57	50	54	48	43
University  of Pittsburgh (Swanson)	54	54	50	43	55	53
Boston  University	54	54	58	46	55	53
Washington  State University	54	57	50	46	45	43
University  of Central Florida	54	57	50	71	65	RNP
Missouri  University of Science & Technology	54	57	58	65	48	47
Clemson  University	59	46	58	54	48	53
Alfred  University, New York State College of Ceramics (Inamori)	59	57	50	61	45	47
University  of Utah	59	57	64	61	58	53
Northeastern  University	62	46	50	54	RNP	RNP
Washington  University in St. Louis	62	57	46	54	RNP	RNP
Dartmouth  College (Thayer)	62	57	58	54	55	59
University  of Illinois—Chicago	62	66	64	54	58	70
University  of California, Riverside (Bourns)	62	70	69	64	48	65
University  at Buffalo, SUNY	62	70	77	71	RNP	RNP
Vanderbilt  University	68	57	64	65	58	47
Boise  State University	68	67	69	RNP	RNP	RNP
Worcester  Polytechnic Institute	68	70	67	65	65	RNP
Oregon  State University	68	70	67	RNP	65	65
University  of North Texas	68	70	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
Tufts  University	71	67	69	71	RNP	RNP
University  of Rochester	71	70	69	RNP	63	59
University  of Texas at Dallas (Jonsson)	71	70	69	RNP	63	59
University  of Alabama	71	70	RNP	71	65	63
Stevens  Institute of Technology (Schaefer)	71	78	69	RNP	72	70
Auburn  University (Ginn)	78	78	RNP	65	72	RNP
Illinois  Institute of Technology (Armour)	78	78	RNP	RNP	72	70
Binghamton  University, SUNY (Watson)	78	90	77	RNP	65	59
University  of Houston (Cullen)	81	82	77	71	72	70
New  Jersey Institute of Technology	81	82	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Nebraska, Lincoln	81	82	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	81	82	77	RNP	65	RNP
University  of Kentucky	81	82	RNP	71	RNP	RNP
University  of Massachusetts, Lowell (Francis)	81	90	77	RNP	65	RNP
University  of Alabama, Birmingham	81	90	RNP	65	RNP	RNP
Florida  A&M University	81	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Cincinnati	89	67	69	65	72	70
University  of Texas at Arlington	89	78	77	RNP	72	65
South  Dakota School of Mines and Technology	89	82	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Idaho	89	90	N/A	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Nevada, Reno	89	90	N/A	RNP	RNP	RNP
Wayne State University	89	90	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Clarkson  University	89	RNP	69	RNP	72	RNP
Oklahoma  State University	98	82	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Dayton	98	82	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Air  Force Institute of Technology	98	RNP	77	RNP	RNP	RNP
University of California, ​Merced	98	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
University  of Denver	104	RNP	RNP	RNP	72	RNP
Tulane University	RNP	90	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Montana  State University	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP
Portland State University (Maseeh)	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP	RNP

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