<p>While going to college I would like to experiment a bit in Materials Science Engineering see how much I like it, what would be some good (I'm looking for around the line between tier 2 and tier 1) schools for Materials Science anywhere other than the west coast?</p>
<p>Northwestern University!</p>
<p>Look at these schools....and good luck.</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, Rose-Hulman doesn't offer a Materials Science major.</p>
<p>Penn State is one of the best in the country for material science:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.matse.psu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.matse.psu.edu/</a></p>
<p>US News rankings minus west coast schools:
1. UIUC
2. MIT
3. Northwestern
4. Michigan
6. Cornell
7. Penn State
8. Georgia Tech
9. Carnegie Mellon, Stanford
11. Florida
12. Purdue
13. Ohio State
14. RPI, Penn, Texas, Wisconsin
18. Johns Hopkins, Michigan Technological University
21. Alfred University (NY)</p>
<p>Olin doesn't have a matsci major either.</p>