PhD in Material Science and Engineering: 79 US programs compared

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1
Stanford University
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 2
Annual tuition
$69,717
Program duration
72 months
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$64,310
Program duration
60 months
3
Princeton University
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$65,210
Program duration
60 months
4
University of California, Berkeley
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 1
Annual tuition
$28,242
Program duration
36 months
5
California Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Sciences
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$68,574
Program duration
72 months
6
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$44,792
Program duration
72 months
7
Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 15
Annual tuition
$56,840
Program duration
60 months
8
Cornell University
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Application deadline
Jan 2
Annual tuition
$20,800
Program duration
60 months
9
Johns Hopkins University
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 15 +1
Annual tuition
$68,670
10
University of California, Los Angeles
PhD in Materials Science & Engineering
Application deadline
Dec 9
Annual tuition
$36,297
Program duration
72 months

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The complete list of Material Science and Engineering PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.

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Rank	University	Program	Duration
#2	Stanford University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	72 months
#3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	PhD in Material Science	60 months
#3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	PhD Program in Polymers and Soft Matter	60 months
#4	Princeton University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science	60 months
#6	University of California, Berkeley	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	36 months
#9	California Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Sciences	72 months
#10	University of Pennsylvania	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	72 months
#12	Columbia University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#13	Cornell University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#16	Johns Hopkins University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering
#17	University of California, Los Angeles	PhD in Materials Science & Engineering	72 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Macromolecular Science & Engineering	60 months
#19	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#21	Carnegie Mellon University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering	48 months
#23	Northwestern University	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering	72 months
#25	University of Washington	Doctorate of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering	60 months
#26	University of California San Diego	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	84 months
#26	University of California San Diego	PhD in Materials Science
#30	Brown University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#31	The University of Texas at Austin	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	36 months
#33	Georgia Institute of Technology	PhD in Material Science and Engineering
#34	Rice University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Nanoengineering	60 months
#36	Washington University in St. Louis	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#38	University of Wisconsin--Madison	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	Doctor of Philosophy degree of Materials Engineering
#39	Purdue University--West Lafayette	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
#40	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
#41	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	72 months
#42	University of Southern California	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Materials Science	72 months
#42	University of Southern California	PhD in Material Science and Engineering	72 months
#47	Dartmouth College	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering	60 months
#52	Vanderbilt University	Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Materials Science
#55	University of Virginia	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering	84 months
#59	University of California--Santa Barbara	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials	60 months
#59	University of California--Santa Barbara	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#61	University of Rochester	PhD in Materials Science
#62	University of California, Davis	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
#64	University of Maryland, College Park	PhD in materials science
#65	University of California--Irvine	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#72	University of Minnesota--Twin Cities	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
#75	University of Pittsburgh	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
#77	University of Notre Dame	Materials Science and Engineering: PhD
#78	Tufts University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#81	Rutgers University--New Brunswick	Doctor of Philosophy in materials science and engineering	60 months
#85	Boston University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering	60 months
#91	Michigan State University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
#93	Texas A&M University--College Station	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
#95	Ohio State University--Columbus	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#96	University of Florida	Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Materials Science & Engineering	60 months
#98	Virginia Tech	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
#114	North Carolina State University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
#134	University of Colorado Boulder	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering	72 months
#175	Arizona State University--Tempe	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
#191	University of Connecticut	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#201–250	Case Western Reserve University	Doctor of Philosophy in Macromolecular Science	60 months
#201–250	Case Western Reserve University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	60 months
#251–300	Stony Brook University--SUNY	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering	84 months
#301–400	Tulane University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Physics and Engineering
#301–400	University of California, Riverside	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
#301–400	Iowa State University	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in Materials Science & Engineering
#401–500	Florida State University	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in materials Science and Engineering	72 months
#401–500	University of Houston	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
#401–500	University of Delaware	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
	Auburn University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering
	Binghamton University--SUNY	PhD in Materials Science and Engineering
	Clemson University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering	24 months
	Colorado School of Mines	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science
	Colorado School of Mines	Doctor of Philosophy in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
	Drexel University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
	Illinois Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
	Lehigh University	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Doctor of Philosophy inMaterials Science and Engineering
	Stevens Institute of Technology	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
	University of Denver	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science	84 months
	University of New Hampshire	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science
	University of Vermont	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science	60 months
	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering

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