Field · Materials Science · United States
Materials Science research in United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks first in United States for Materials Science research in 2022–2025 (#48 worldwide), followed by Northwestern University and Pennsylvania State University.
- United States's world rank
- #2 of 90 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 57k
- Top-10% rate
- 15.1%
- Ranked institutions
- 60
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Materials Science in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge | #48 | 50.4 | 26.6% | 745 |
| 2 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston | #74 | 44.9 | 25.8% | 571 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #75 | 44.7 | 18.4% | 836 |
| 4 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #104 | 40.5 | 22.4% | 468 |
| 5 | Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge | #108 | 40.1 | 13.8% | 1,152 |
| 6 | Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley | #109 | 39.9 | 20.4% | 509 |
| 7 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #118 | 38.9 | 22.8% | 464 |
| 8 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta | #125 | 38.2 | 21.4% | 643 |
| 9 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #126 | 38.1 | 18.4% | 681 |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #133 | 37.4 | 17.8% | 610 |
| 11 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #154 | 35.5 | 25.2% | 333 |
| 12 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #163 | 34.8 | 27.9% | 278 |
| 13 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #165 | 34.6 | 20.1% | 529 |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh | #166 | 34.6 | 23.6% | 280 |
| 15 | Argonne National LaboratoryLemont | #169 | 34.3 | 15.5% | 574 |
| 16 | Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station | #174 | 34.0 | 16.6% | 616 |
| 17 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #189 | 32.9 | 19.5% | 482 |
| 18 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #231 | 30.3 | 19.2% | 478 |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #248 | 29.4 | 17.2% | 458 |
| 20 | Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia | #264 | 28.6 | 25.1% | 181 |
| 21 | University of California San DiegoSan Diego | #265 | 28.6 | 18.5% | 350 |
| 22 | University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxville | #267 | 28.5 | 19.1% | 407 |
| 23 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #268 | 28.4 | 23.3% | 291 |
| 24 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #307 | 26.7 | 14.6% | 454 |
| 25 | University of ChicagoChicago | #315 | 26.4 | 18.8% | 315 |
| 26 | University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara | #318 | 26.2 | 17.7% | 358 |
| 27 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #324 | 26.0 | 23.1% | 250 |
| 28 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #325 | 26.0 | 18.8% | 336 |
| 29 | Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos | #333 | 25.6 | 10.8% | 550 |
| 30 | North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh | #336 | 25.5 | 15.2% | 563 |
| 31 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia | #366 | 24.4 | 17.9% | 314 |
| 32 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #367 | 24.4 | 13.3% | 458 |
| 33 | Iowa State UniversityAmes | #369 | 24.3 | 14.0% | 343 |
| 34 | University of HoustonHouston | #380 | 24.0 | 17.7% | 245 |
| 35 | Brookhaven National LaboratoryUpton | #386 | 23.8 | 16.1% | 296 |
| 36 | University of Colorado BoulderBoulder | #417 | 22.8 | 21.8% | 264 |
| 37 | University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park | #419 | 22.7 | 16.2% | 299 |
| 38 | Rice UniversityHouston | #423 | 22.6 | 20.1% | 304 |
| 39 | National Laboratory of the RockiesGolden | #424 | 22.5 | 20.5% | 215 |
| 40 | University of MinnesotaMinneapolis | #435 | 22.2 | 15.7% | 389 |
| 41 | Virginia TechBlacksburg | #439 | 22.1 | 16.5% | 365 |
| 42 | University of California, IrvineIrvine | #448 | 21.9 | 17.2% | 241 |
| 43 | University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst Center | #451 | 21.8 | 19.9% | 267 |
| 44 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena | #460 | 21.5 | 19.3% | 220 |
| 45 | Duke UniversityDurham | #463 | 21.4 | 20.4% | 180 |
| 46 | University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln | #475 | 21.1 | 17.3% | 215 |
| 47 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #478 | 21.0 | 18.2% | 271 |
| 48 | Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermore | #483 | 20.9 | 14.7% | 305 |
| 49 | University of California, RiversideRiverside | #490 | 20.7 | 22.1% | 215 |
| 50 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville | #499 | 20.5 | 13.4% | 245 |
| 51 | University of North TexasDenton | #517 | 20.0 | 14.6% | 237 |
| 52 | Idaho National LaboratoryIdaho Falls | #521 | 19.9 | 8.7% | 471 |
| 53 | University of FloridaGainesville | #523 | 19.9 | 13.7% | 395 |
| 54 | National Institute of Standards and TechnologyGaithersburg | #548 | 19.3 | 13.9% | 226 |
| 55 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore | #580 | 18.5 | 15.5% | 264 |
| 56 | University of PittsburghPittsburgh | #594 | 18.2 | 16.2% | 252 |
| 57 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #605 | 18.0 | 19.8% | 188 |
| 58 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #607 | 18.0 | 7.2% | 432 |
| 59 | The University of Texas at DallasRichardson | #626 | 17.6 | 16.3% | 206 |
| 60 | University of Illinois ChicagoChicago | #628 | 17.5 | 15.0% | 195 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Materials Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Materials Science researchers in United States?
David Vanderbilt, Moungi G. Bawendi and Rodney S. Ruoff rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1David Vanderbilt#102 worldwide overall7.3k citations · 62 works
- 2Moungi G. Bawendi#653 worldwide overall4.1k citations · 53 works
- 3Rodney S. Ruoff#685 worldwide overall5.5k citations · 83 works
- 4Hongjie Dai#840 worldwide overall5.8k citations · 52 works
- 5Marc A. Meyers#1,008 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 59 works
- 6David J. Singh#1,553 worldwide overall5.1k citations · 138 works
- 7A.G. Evans#1,647 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 58 works
- 8Bruce Dunn#1,913 worldwide overall4.1k citations · 62 works
- 9A. Paul Alivisatos#2,072 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 64 works
- 10Yi Cui#2,076 worldwide overall5k citations · 45 works
- 11Liming Dai#2,364 worldwide overall4.2k citations · 67 works
- 12Philip Kim#2,626 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 74 works
- 13Chad A. Mirkin#2,755 worldwide overall4.6k citations · 82 works
- 14Omar K. Farha#2,847 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 58 works
- 15D. P. Norton#2,984 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 57 works
How United States compares with other countries in Materials Science