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Colleges Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings Employment
Materials Engineering 76 1,601 61% / 40% 7% $88,681 96%
Materials Science and Engineering 23 628 66% / 34% 11% $91,447 96%
Materials Engineering 33 488 69% / 32% 6% $89,753 97%
Textile Engineering 1 194 14% / 86% 3% $72,887 96%
Metallurgical Engineering 8 67 73% / 27% 4% $91,818 97%
Plastics Engineering 4 49 65% / 35% 2% $94,127 96%
Materials Science & Engineering 2 42 55% / 45% 10% $94,302 98%
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 1 36 67% / 33% 0% $92,196 96%
Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 3 25 80% / 20% 12% $87,563 96%
Polymer Science and Engineering 2 24 71% / 29% 0% $87,502
Ceramic Engineering 2 16 81% / 19% 0% $80,212 100%
Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) 1 12 17% / 83% 0% $92,324 89%
Materials Science and NanoEngineering 1 11 91% / 9% 9% $99,159
Textile Sciences and Engineering 1 8 25% / 75% 0% $87,454
Materials Science (Engineering) 1 1 100% / 0% 0% $95,429

Degrees in Materials Engineering

Showing 83 (college, major) pairs in this category.

# University Location Major Degrees ▼ Selectivity SAT Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employ
1 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD
Rapid City, SD Metallurgical Engineering 14 — 86% / 14% 0% $109,109 99 90% —
2 Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN Materials Engineering 58 — 78% / 22% 7% $107,346 98 97% —
3 Pennsylvania State University - Erie-Behrend
Erie, PA
Erie, PA Plastics Engineering 18 — 50% / 50% 6% $105,720 98 97% —
4 Cornell
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY Materials Science & Engineering 24 #19 50% / 50% 17% $103,277 93 96% —
5 Stanford
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA Materials Science and Engineering 14 #3 43% / 57% 7% $101,304 93 — —
6 Northwestern
Evanston, IL
Evanston, IL Materials Engineering 12 #16 67% / 33% 8% $100,517 91 — —
7 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Knoxville, TN Materials Science and Engineering 9 — 56% / 44% 0% $99,243 96 100% —
8 Rice
Houston, TX
Houston, TX Materials Science and NanoEngineering 11 #14 91% / 9% 9% $99,159 91 — —
9 Drexel
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA Materials Engineering 16 — 69% / 31% 6% $98,355 91 95% —
10 Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO
Rolla, MO Metallurgical Engineering 11 — 82% / 18% 0% $98,217 96 100% —
11 U. of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville, VA Materials Engineering 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $98,159 91 — —
12 Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX
College Station, TX Materials Science and Engineering 73 — 67% / 33% 1% $98,154 95 — —
13 U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA Materials Science and Engineering 17 #10 41% / 59% 12% $97,895 91 90% —
14 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Champaign, IL Materials Science and Engineering 62 — 69% / 31% 21% $97,757 95 96% —
15 Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD Materials Science and Engineering 13 #13 69% / 31% 0% $97,254 90 — —
16 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA Materials Engineering 34 — 79% / 21% 0% $97,227 97 100% —
17 Michigan State
East Lansing, MI
East Lansing, MI Materials Engineering 13 — 62% / 38% 0% $96,191 93 100% —
18 Auburn
Auburn, AL
Auburn, AL Materials Engineering 15 — 73% / 27% 7% $96,112 95 — —
19 Lehigh
Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem, PA Materials Engineering 17 #30 71% / 29% 0% $95,805 89 100% —
20 Caltech
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, CA Materials Science (Engineering) 1 #2 100% / 0% 0% $95,429 90 — —
21 Ohio State
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH Materials Science and Engineering 39 — 54% / 46% 18% $95,006 93 96% —
22 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor, MI Materials Science and Engineering 31 — 58% / 42% 6% $94,989 88 96% —
23 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $94,672 93 — —
24 U. of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL Metallurgical Engineering 13 — 92% / 8% 8% $93,827 94 — —
25 U. of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Birmingham, AL Materials Engineering 6 — 100% / 0% 0% $93,599 96 95% —
26 Iowa State
Ames, IA
Ames, IA Materials Engineering 27 — 85% / 15% 4% $92,818 94 100% —
27 MIT
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) 12 #1 17% / 83% 0% $92,324 89 89% —
28 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Golden, CO Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 36 — 67% / 33% 0% $92,196 92 96% —
29 U. of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Irvine, CA Materials Science and Engineering 24 — 79% / 21% 21% $92,173 91 97% —
30 San Jose State
San Jose, CA
San Jose, CA Materials Engineering 12 — 92% / 8% 8% $92,078 97 — —
31 Montana Technological
Butte, MT
Butte, MT Metallurgical Engineering 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $91,569 94 — —
32 U. of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI
Menomonie, WI Plastics Engineering 15 — 73% / 27% 0% $91,484 96 100% —
33 Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Blacksburg, VA Materials Science and Engineering 59 — 73% / 27% 8% $91,439 94 96% —
34 U. of Idaho
Moscow, ID
Moscow, ID Materials Engineering 0 — — — $91,343 94 — —
35 LeTourneau
Longview, TX
Longview, TX Metallurgical Engineering 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $91,220 93 — —
36 Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 14 — 79% / 21% 14% $90,569 94 92% —
37 U. of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA
Lowell, MA Plastics Engineering 16 — 75% / 25% 0% $90,461 94 92% —
38 U. of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Lexington, KY Materials Science and Engineering 10 — 80% / 20% 20% $90,381 92 100% —
39 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC Materials Science and Engineering 32 — 53% / 47% 3% $90,268 93 97% —
40 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT Materials Science and Engineering 26 — 62% / 38% 0% $90,088 93 — —
41 U. of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
College Park, MD Materials Engineering 11 — 55% / 45% 0% $89,964 92 95% —
42 Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA Materials Science and Engineering 55 — 64% / 36% 15% $89,766 93 89% —
43 U. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA Materials Science and Engineering 43 — 47% / 53% 14% $89,728 92 94% —
44 Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL Materials Science and Engineering 5 — 100% / 0% 20% $89,713 88 — —
45 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH Polymer Science and Engineering 2 #28 100% / 0% 0% $89,245 83 — —
46 UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA Materials Engineering 36 — 50% / 50% 8% $89,105 89 — —
47 U. of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA Materials Science and Engineering 12 — 100% / 0% 8% $89,063 90 — —
48 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN Materials Engineering 20 — 70% / 30% 5% $89,034 91 100% —
49 Pennsylvania State University - Greater Allegheny
McKeesport, PA
McKeesport, PA Plastics Engineering 0 — — — $88,842 94 — —
50 University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Buffalo, NY Materials Engineering 0 — — — $88,686 94 — —
51 U. of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV
Reno, NV Materials Engineering 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $87,689 93 — —
52 Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH Materials Engineering 10 #28 60% / 40% 10% $87,672 81 — —
53 U. of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT Metallurgical Engineering 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $87,641 92 — —
54 Thomas Jefferson
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA Textile Sciences and Engineering 8 — 25% / 75% 0% $87,454 88 — —
55 Saint Vincent
Latrobe, PA
Latrobe, PA Materials Engineering 0 — — — $87,156 89 — —
56 U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI
Madison, WI Materials Science and Engineering 19 — 68% / 32% 16% $87,130 88 95% —
57 U. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA Materials Engineering 12 — 83% / 58% 0% $86,734 89 — —
58 Arizona State
Tempe, AZ
Tempe, AZ Materials Science and Engineering 22 — 86% / 14% 0% $86,700 91 100% —
59 U. of California, Merced
Merced, CA
Merced, CA Materials Science and Engineering 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $86,565 88 — —
60 Wright State
Dayton, OH
Dayton, OH Materials Engineering 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $86,437 93 — —
61 U. of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV
Reno, NV Metallurgical Engineering 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $86,102 92 — —
62 New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
Socorro, NM
Socorro, NM Materials Engineering 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $85,829 91 — —
63 U. of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Gainesville, FL Materials Engineering 34 — 65% / 35% 3% $85,767 92 96% —
64 U. of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
Hattiesburg, MS Polymer Science and Engineering 22 — 68% / 32% 0% $85,760 94 — —
65 Winona State
Winona, MN
Winona, MN Materials Engineering 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $85,700 94 100% —
66 U. of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI
Eau Claire, WI Materials Engineering 12 — 100% / 0% 42% $85,421 93 — —
67 Western Washington
Bellingham, WA
Bellingham, WA Materials Science & Engineering 18 — 61% / 39% 0% $85,328 92 100% —
68 Clemson
Clemson, SC
Clemson, SC Materials Engineering 24 — 63% / 38% 0% $85,049 87 94% —
69 Washington State
Pullman, WA
Pullman, WA Materials Science and Engineering 13 — 85% / 15% 23% $84,355 92 100% —
70 U. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Storrs, CT Materials Science and Engineering 21 — 67% / 33% 10% $84,023 87 97% —
71 U. of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL Materials Engineering 18 — 56% / 44% 6% $83,980 93 — —
72 U. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI Materials Engineering 9 — 89% / 11% 33% $83,910 91 95% —
73 Boise State
Boise, ID
Boise, ID Materials Engineering 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $83,890 90 — —
74 Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO
Rolla, MO Ceramic Engineering 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $82,787 88 100% —
75 Michigan Technological
Houghton, MI
Houghton, MI Materials Engineering 25 — 64% / 36% 0% $82,482 85 97% —
76 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Troy, NY Materials Engineering 14 — 64% / 36% 21% $81,552 79 100% —
77 U. of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Davis, CA Materials Science and Engineering 24 — 71% / 29% 17% $80,287 83 89% —
78 Alfred
Alfred, NY
Alfred, NY Ceramic Engineering 8 — 88% / 13% 0% $77,636 84 — —
79 Alfred
Alfred, NY
Alfred, NY Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 8 — 88% / 13% 13% $77,449 83 100% —
80 U. of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
El Paso, TX Metallurgical Engineering 17 — 47% / 53% 12% $76,861 86 100% —
81 U. of North Texas
Denton, TX
Denton, TX Materials Engineering 11 — 64% / 36% 0% $76,487 87 94% —
82 North Carolina State
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC Textile Engineering 194 — 14% / 86% 3% $72,887 80 96% —
83 Brown
Providence, RI
Providence, RI Materials Engineering 2 #8 100% / 0% 0% — — — —