Materials Science Rankings

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>Does anyone have access to the Complete (Premium Online Edition) USNEWS Undergrad and Grad Rankings for MS&E? If so, kindly post. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Material Engineering USNews Ranking:</p>

<ol>
<li> Massachusetts Inst. of Technology</li>
<li> U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign </li>
<li> Northwestern University (IL)
University of California–Berkeley *
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *</li>
<li> Stanford University (CA)</li>
<li> Georgia Institute of Technology *
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *</li>
<li> Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li> University of Florida *</li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University (PA)</li>
<li> Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)</li>
<li> Ohio State University–Columbus *</li>
<li> Virginia Tech *</li>
<li> Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)</li>
<li> North Carolina State U.–Raleigh *
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas–Austin *
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *</li>
</ol>

<p>Remember to take this ranking with a grain of salt. We all know that ranking does not necessarily equate the quality of education.</p>

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<p>Anyone for graduate school ranks?</p>

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<ol>
<li> Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.8 </li>
<li> Northwestern University (IL) 4.6
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 4.6 </li>
<li> Stanford University (CA) 4.5
University of California–Santa Barbara 4.5 </li>
<li> University of California–Berkeley 4.4 </li>
<li> Cornell University (NY) 4.1 </li>
<li> California Institute of Technology 4.0
Pennsylvania State University–University Park 4.0
University of Florida 4.0
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor</li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 3.9
Georgia Institute of Technology 3.9 </li>
<li> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.7 </li>
<li> Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 3.6
University of Pennsylvania</li>
</ol>

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<p>As I don't have access to a copy, could one of you please post the date of the data collection for this ranking? IIRC, wasn't it in 2002? Not on the list: UMass Amherst and UWash.</p>

<p>Yet another reason to be suspicious of these types of rankings. ::sigh::</p>

<p>If you're a student who likes a collaborative research environment with both theoretical and practical applications, then MatSci & E may be for you. The interdisciplinary nature, however, can be both a blessing and a curse for a student trying to find a program with a good fit. A budding polymer scientist, for example, might choose a different school from a nascent ceramacist or biomaterial researcher or photonics specialist.</p>

<p>Lots of info on this site about which centers are getting federal funding:
<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/nano/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/nano/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Mine was ranked in 2005.</p>