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September 30, 2010

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Materials Science and Engineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. Materials Science and Engineering	8	37	8	46	13	50	37	60	11	28
Auburn U. Integrated Textile and Apparel Science	65	80	68	82	9	57	2	9	54	72
Auburn U. Materials Engineering	47	74	32	74	24	58	11	22	69	80
Brown U. ENGINEERING: Materials Science	11	42	8	50	35	77	6	14	33	60
California Institute of Technology Materials Science	2	3	2	2	4	36	34	59	3	9
Carnegie Mellon U. Materials Science & Engineering	8	36	7	44	4	26	38	66	12	24
Case Western Reserve U. Macromolecular Science and Engineering	30	60	17	53	11	49	41	66	22	43
Case Western Reserve U. Materials Science and Engineering	67	80	65	79	51	77	55	73	34	57
Clemson U. Materials Science & Engineering	52	76	43	78	60	80	6	16	57	73
Clemson U. Polymer and Fiber Science	62	80	50	78	60	81	24	49	54	74
Columbia U. Materials Science and Engineering	35	64	34	67	42	79	6	14	22	40
Cornell U. Materials Science and Engineering	33	63	23	60	23	57	33	58	23	38
Drexel U. Materials Science and Engineering	6	29	7	43	10	52	50	69	24	44
Georgia Institute of Technology Materials Science & Engineering	11	43	6	42	21	54	50	68	12	25
Georgia Institute of Technology Textile Engineering	26	59	29	69	10	54	2	7	41	69
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Dental Science	31	59	51	75	2	12	1	1	40	79
Iowa State U. Materials Science & Engineering	33	65	17	64	48	77	34	63	37	62
Johns Hopkins U. Materials Science & Engineering	7	39	4	34	8	41	25	52	12	28
Lehigh U. Materials Science and Engineering	72	82	22	63	83	83	79	82	31	54
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Material Sciences and Engineering	3	12	3	22	32	64	28	52	2	3
Michigan State U. Materials Science and Engineering	14	49	21	64	2	25	24	41	25	42
Michigan Technological U. Materials Science and Engineering	72	81	79	83	37	70	53	72	48	68
New Jersey Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering	52	77	32	75	54	77	26	50	73	81
North Carolina State U. Materials Science and Engineering	38	68	27	68	57	77	72	78	23	44
North- western U. Materials Science and Engineering	3	15	4	32	5	33	40	64	3	9
Ohio State U. Main Campus Materials Science and Engineering	25	56	32	69	13	50	60	75	15	33
Pennsyl- vania State U. Materials Science and Engineering	6	28	10	47	26	57	29	55	3	8
Purdue U. Main Campus Materials Engineering	42	70	44	75	10	60	37	64	30	48
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Materials Engineering	17	47	18	57	5	40	45	69	21	38
Rice U. Materials Science	3	20	4	37	3	56	2	6	76	83
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Ceramic and Materials Science and Engineering	74	82	63	79	44	71	29	56	46	67
Stanford U. Materials Science and Engineering	3	18	4	30	53	76	58	73	5	10
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Materials Science and Engineering	13	40	11	55	13	43	8	15	17	34
U. of Akron Polymer Engineering	19	51	24	66	13	50	2	6	45	69
U. of Alabama at Birmingham and at Huntsville, and U. of Alabama Materials Science	61	78	57	77	34	65	13	23	41	66
U. of Alabama at Birmingham and at Huntsville, and U. of Alabama Materials/ Metallurgical Engineering	41	72	40	77	26	71	5	13	72	81
U. of Arizona Materials Science & Engineering	34	64	38	74	14	48	26	50	44	65
U. of California at Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering	3	11	3	14	38	65	46	69	6	11
U. of California at Davis Materials Science and Engineering	7	31	4	32	5	31	8	17	14	30
U. of California at Irvine Materials Science and Engineering	25	54	23	61	66	79	23	41	38	58
U. of California at Los Angeles Materials Science & Engineering	9	28	5	31	49	73	32	58	10	16
U. of California at San Diego Materials Science	11	42	4	31	47	75	61	74	11	24
U. of California at Santa Barbara Materials	1	1	1	1	7	39	67	76	1	1
U. of Central Florida Materials Science and Engineering	13	45	19	61	2	6	15	26	31	57
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Materials Science	39	69	33	72	31	65	16	28	41	64
U. of Connec- ticut Materials Science Ph.D.	20	55	13	54	14	59	13	26	34	53
U. of Connec- ticut Metallurgy Ph.D.	61	80	40	75	70	81	31	61	47	69
U. of Connec- ticut Polymer Science Ph.D.	18	52	15	56	5	43	32	57	33	52
U. of Connec- ticut Pharmaceutical Science Ph.D. Pharmaceutics	34	68	34	74	15	51	3	9	59	78
U. of Dayton Materials Engineering	46	74	40	79	32	62	75	82	68	80
U. of Delaware Material Science and Engineering	23	55	23	64	54	79	16	31	15	34
U. of Florida Materials Science and Engineering	6	30	5	38	38	62	24	42	2	9
U. of Georgia Textile Sciences	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of Illinois at Chicago Materials Engineering	80	83	75	82	49	75	75	81	61	77
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Materials Science and Engineering	3	21	3	26	22	58	35	60	4	9
U. of Kentucky Materials Science & Engineering	47	72	52	78	22	55	34	64	51	70
U. of Maryland at College Park Material Sciences and Engineering	28	61	17	61	15	53	20	35	35	56
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Polymer Science and Engineering	3	15	4	28	5	31	40	64	4	11
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Macromolecular Science and Engineering	15	43	18	53	5	44	16	29	14	30
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Materials Science and Engineering	10	35	8	45	12	48	20	34	11	22
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Materials Science and Engineering	8	38	5	37	50	77	35	63	10	18
U. of Missouri at Rolla Ceramic Engineering	40	69	25	66	4	39	66	75	55	69
U. of Missouri at Rolla Metallurgical Engineering	70	81	65	81	6	41	78	82	70	81
U. of Missouri at Rolla Mining Engineering	82	83	76	83	79	82	36	66	79	83
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Chemical & Materials Engineering	50	76	38	74	77	82	13	24	70	81
U. of Nevada at Reno Metallurgical Engineering	48	72	72	83	1	1	83	83	79	83
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Materials Sciences	8	35	3	33	53	78	5	13	30	58
U. of North Texas Materials Science and Engineering	46	73	30	74	62	79	13	24	68	80
U. of Pennsyl- vania Materials Science and Engineering	16	45	19	56	5	33	25	48	20	36
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Materials Science and Engineering	49	73	59	78	30	68	7	18	29	55
U. of Southern California Materials Science	16	47	6	39	37	70	18	32	15	35
U. of Southern Mississippi Polymer Science & Engineering	61	80	32	74	20	61	59	73	60	77
U. of Tennessee Materials Science and Engineering	26	55	33	68	4	27	30	54	24	46
U. of Texas at Austin Materials Science and Engineering	8	35	4	33	53	77	23	43	13	28
U. of Utah Materials Science and Engineering	41	73	17	65	66	82	59	75	49	69
U. of Utah Metallurgical Engineering	34	67	35	74	14	61	69	80	45	67
U. of Virginia Materials Science & Engineering	45	72	32	70	3	42	69	77	42	64
U. of Washing- ton Materials Science and Engineering	37	64	28	70	54	74	36	63	33	55
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Materials Science	16	49	9	55	12	50	26	44	30	49
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Metallurgical Engineering	7	53	5	36	3	22	70	81	10	61
Vanderbilt U. Int. Material Science	8	37	14	56	43	75	41	62	58	78
Virginia Tech Materials Science and Engineering	42	71	34	73	23	53	29	55	56	75
Virginia Tech Mining Engineering	67	80	77	83	4	26	77	82	52	71
Washing- ton State U. Materials Science Engineering	18	50	8	47	4	38	60	72	18	36
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.