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Best Schools for Materials Engineering in Indiana
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall materials engineering education in Indiana.
Top Schools in Materials Engineering
Our analysis ranked Purdue University Main Campus the best school in the country for a degree in materials engineering. This very large public university is located in the city of West Lafayette. Purdue University Main Campus graduates 83% of students within six years. Purdue University Main Campus awarded about 113 materials engineering degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their materials engineering degree from Purdue University Main Campus earn around $78,265 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $21,335.
Read more about the materials engineering program at Purdue University Main Campus
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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