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Materials Engineering

Atomic Architects

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA 2 4% 0% / 100% 0% $107,757 96 — —
2 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY 26 8% 50% / 50% 15% $107,760 95 96% —
3 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA 60 13% 67% / 33% 13% $89,572 93 89% —
4 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA 23 5% 26% / 74% 0% $98,069 93 89% —
5 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL 19 7% 53% / 47% 32% $101,458 92 — —
6 Pennsylvania State
University Park, PA
University Park, PA — 55% — — — — — —
7 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA 12 4% 33% / 67% 17% $109,840 97 — —
8 U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA — 11% — — — — — —
9 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL 65 37% 69% / 31% 28% $96,928 95 96% —
10 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI 33 16% 58% / 42% 9% $95,471 89 96% —

Crystal Clear Leaders

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA — 11% — — — — — —
2 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD 9 6% 67% / 33% 22% $101,039 93 — —
3 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN 62 43% 76% / 24% 10% $105,406 98 97% —
4 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX 10 8% 70% / 30% 10% $98,429 91 — —
5 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX 56 52% 63% / 38% 4% $94,709 95 — —
6 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA 28 9% 64% / 36% 11% $100,662 96 — —
7 U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
La Jolla, CA — 29% — — — — — —
8 U. of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara, CA — 38% — — — — — —
9 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA 16 5% 44% / 56% 44% $98,625 92 90% —
10 U. of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Austin, TX — 22% — — — — — —

Alloy Stars

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ 31 88% 68% / 32% 6% $88,115 93 100% —
2 Columbia
New York, NY
New York, NY — 4% — — — — — —
3 Harvard
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA — 3% — — — — — —
4 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC 211 40% 26% / 74% 4% $73,204 81 96% —
5 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH 30 49% 47% / 53% 7% $92,120 92 96% —
6 Princeton
Princeton, NJ
Princeton, NJ — 4% — — — — — —
7 U. of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
Boulder, CO — 71% — — — — — —
8 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA 41 42% 73% / 27% 5% $98,760 96 94% —
9 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA 37 55% 70% / 30% 8% $90,734 94 96% —
10 Yale
New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT — 4% — — — — — —

Solid State

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO 43 29% 60% / 40% 0% $94,251 94 96% —
2 Duke
Durham, NC
Durham, NC — 5% — — — — — —
3 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA 30 85% 63% / 37% 0% $87,838 93 100% —
4 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI 15 83% 67% / 33% 7% $95,671 94 100% —
5 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA 14 44% 64% / 36% 0% $88,183 90 89% —
6 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA 22 29% 64% / 36% 18% $104,416 97 97% —
7 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL 35 23% 60% / 40% 6% $86,081 93 96% —
8 U. of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL — 79% — — — — — —
9 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD 12 45% 58% / 42% 0% $95,760 95 95% —
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI 39 41% 64% / 36% 10% $85,207 88 95% —

Polymer Players

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Boston University
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 11% — — — — — —
2 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI — 5% — — — — — —
3 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH 18 35% 44% / 56% 11% $87,523 82 — —
4 New York University
New York, NY
New York, NY — 9% — — — — — —
5 Northeastern
Boston, MA
Boston, MA — 24% — — — — — —
6 U. of Delaware
Newark, DE
Newark, DE — 72% — — — — — —
7 U. of Houston
Houston, TX
Houston, TX — 66% — — — — — —
8 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Chapel Hill, NC — 17% — — — — — —
9 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA 25 59% 64% / 36% 60% $85,956 90 — —
10 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA 8 75% 100% / 0% 38% $84,422 92 100% —

Composite Crew

# ▲ University Location Degrees Accept SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 Clemson
Clemson, SC
Clemson, SC 16 42% 69% / 31% 6% $82,276 87 94% —
2 Florida State
Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee, FL — 20% — — — — — —
3 Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL 5 66% 20% / 80% 20% $89,158 89 — —
4 Michigan Technological
Houghton, MI
Houghton, MI 23 75% 65% / 35% 0% $81,891 86 97% —
5 Oregon State
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis, OR — 75% — — — — — —
6 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Troy, NY 15 67% 67% / 33% 27% $84,117 83 100% —
7 Tufts
Medford, MA
Medford, MA — 10% — — — — — —
8 U. of Akron
Akron, OH
Akron, OH — 85% — — — — — —
9 U. of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL 8 75% 38% / 63% 0% $87,261 91 — —
10 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA 21 86% 76% / 24% 5% $94,890 94 — —
11 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL 12 43% 50% / 50% 8% $85,049 94 — —
12 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT 13 54% 54% / 46% 23% $86,829 90 97% —
13 U. of North Texas
Denton, TX
Denton, TX 14 81% 64% / 36% 0% $76,685 89 94% —
14 U. of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Notre Dame, IN — 9% — — — — — —
15 U. of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Rochester, NY — 41% — — — — — —
16 U. of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL — 35% — — — — — —
17 U. of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA — 12% — — — — — —
18 U. of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX — 72% — — — — — —
19 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT 24 82% 63% / 38% 0% $89,020 93 — —
20 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA 5 12% 20% / 80% 0% $97,145 92 — —
21 Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN — 4% — — — — — —
22 Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO — 12% — — — — — —