Washington, DC's 7 best Materials Science schools [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Washington ranked based on their research performance in Materials Science. A graph of 811K citations received by 29.1K academic papers made by 7 universities in Washington was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. George Washington University

For Materials Science

#1 in District of Columbia

#131 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $45,466

2. Georgetown University

For Materials Science

#2 in District of Columbia

#136 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $37,967

3. Catholic University of America

For Materials Science

#3 in District of Columbia

#199 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $35,008
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $38,232

4. Howard University

For Materials Science

#4 in District of Columbia

#221 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Average SAT: 1199
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $30,028

5. American University in Washington

For Materials Science

#5 in District of Columbia

#294 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $40,189

6. University of the District of Columbia

For Materials Science

#7 in District of Columbia

#563 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 73%
Average Aid: $5,527
Enrollment: 3,855

7. Gallaudet University

For Materials Science

#8 in District of Columbia

#1026 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 842
Average ACT: 16
Net Price: $15,025

Universities for Materials Science near Washington

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
8	Marymount University	194	Arlington, Virginia
13	University of Maryland - College Park	27	College Park, Maryland
13	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	263	Bethesda, Maryland
24	George Mason University	170	Fairfax, Virginia
49	University of Maryland - Baltimore County	175	Baltimore, Maryland
49	United States Naval Academy	206	Annapolis, Maryland
56	University of Maryland, Baltimore	89	Baltimore, Maryland
58	University of Baltimore	315	Baltimore, Maryland
60	Johns Hopkins University	28	Baltimore, Maryland
66	Towson University	401	Towson, Maryland

Chemistry subfields in Washington

Biochemistry7

Chemical Engineering6

Computational Chemistry5

Environmental Chemistry6

Inorganic Chemistry5

Nanotechnology6

Nutrition and Food Science5

Organic Chemistry7

Petrology and Geochemistry5

Pharmacy6

Physical chemistry6