2025 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio

Materials Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #40 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 doctor's degrees in materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on materials engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other materials engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for materials engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for materials engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The materials engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Materials Engineering in Ohio

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in materials engineering.

Top Ohio Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Engineering

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

18 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in materials engineering. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

11 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in materials engineering. UC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Cincinnati.More information about a doctorate in materials engineering from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Materials Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	57
Michigan	149	26
Indiana	132	41
Wisconsin	108	11

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Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Materials Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	38

Majors Similar to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	94
Mechanical Engineering	53
Biomedical Engineering	37
Computer Engineering	35
Chemical Engineering	33
Civil Engineering	25
Engineering Science	23
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	20
General Engineering	18
Polymer & Plastics Engineering	14

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Panoramedia. More about our data sources and methodologies.