Materials Engineering Programs

Materials Engineering is offered at 128 institutions across the United States. Master graduates earn a median salary ranging from $108,485 to $146,629, with the highest-earning program at University of California-Los Angeles ($146,629). The most common degree level is Bachelor (65), followed by Master (102) and Doctoral (87).

Bachelor (65) · Master (102) · Doctoral (87) · Associate (4) · Post-bachelor's Certificate (2) · Graduate Certificate (24) · Undergraduate Certificate (10)

Bachelor (65)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $97,924 92
University of Florida FL $87,779 58
Purdue University-Main Campus IN $107,557 56
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $86,084 54
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $90,828 53
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA $92,260 52
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 48
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA $100,599 46
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $98,879 44
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $89,968 39
Iowa State University IA $83,416 37
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $95,314 35
Clemson University SC $85,883 31
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 29
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $83,945 28
University of Utah UT Not reported 27
University of California-Davis CA $89,983 26
University of California-Irvine CA $106,547 24
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI $91,265 24
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 24
Michigan State University MI $95,761 23
Michigan Technological University MI $92,070 23
University of Maryland-College Park MD $97,714 22
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $89,913 22
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 22
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 20
University of California-Riverside CA Not reported 19
Drexel University PA $94,694 18
University of Connecticut CT $93,464 18
Winona State University MN $91,528 17
Cornell University NY Not reported 16
Washington State University WA $86,145 15
University of Kentucky KY $84,796 15
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 15
Boise State University ID Not reported 15
Northwestern University IL Not reported 15
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL $83,985 14
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY $82,947 14
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire WI Not reported 14
University of North Texas TX $78,250 12
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM Not reported 12
Stanford University CA Not reported 12
Johns Hopkins University MD Not reported 11
University of Central Florida FL Not reported 11
Auburn University AL Not reported 10
Lehigh University PA $97,904 9
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI $82,131 8
University of California-Merced CA Not reported 8
Alfred University NY Not reported 7
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 7
San Jose State University CA Not reported 7
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 6
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 6
Wright State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 5
University of Nevada-Reno NV Not reported 4
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 4
University of Idaho ID Not reported 2
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT $93,464 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT $93,464 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT $93,464 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT $93,464 0
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported Not reported
University at Albany NY Not reported Not reported
University at Buffalo NY Not reported 0
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported Not reported

Master (102)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Stanford University CA Not reported 58
Northwestern University IL Not reported 57
University of California-San Diego CA Not reported 55
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $121,420 51
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 43
Cornell University NY Not reported 42
University of Florida FL $113,416 37
Boston University MA Not reported 37
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 34
University of California-Los Angeles CA $146,629 33
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 31
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $119,694 30
Johns Hopkins University MD Not reported 30
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ $119,694 28
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC Not reported 27
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 27
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 24
University of Southern California CA Not reported 24
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 23
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 23
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 19
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 18
University of Colorado Boulder CO Not reported 18
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 16
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $108,485 15
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of California-Irvine CA Not reported 15
University of Central Florida FL Not reported 14
University of Dayton OH $111,351 13
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA Not reported 12
University of North Texas TX Not reported 12
University of Utah UT Not reported 12
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 11
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 11
Drexel University PA Not reported 11
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD Not reported 11
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 11
Portland State University OR Not reported 10
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 10
University of California-Merced CA Not reported 10
Florida International University FL Not reported 10
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 9
Purdue University-Main Campus IN Not reported 9
University of South Florida FL Not reported 9
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 8
The University of Texas at Arlington TX Not reported 8
The University of Texas at Dallas TX Not reported 8
San Jose State University CA Not reported 8
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 8
Auburn University AL Not reported 7
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 7
Stony Brook University NY Not reported 7
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK Not reported 7
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 7
Colorado School of Mines CO Not reported 7
Boise State University ID Not reported 7
University of Nevada-Reno NV Not reported 6
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 6
California State University-Northridge CA Not reported 6
Wright State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 6
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL Not reported 5
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported 5
California State University-Los Angeles CA Not reported 5
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 5
Clemson University SC Not reported 5
The University of Texas at El Paso TX Not reported 5
Washington State University WA Not reported 5
University of Illinois Chicago IL Not reported 5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 4
University of California-Davis CA Not reported 4
Binghamton University NY Not reported 4
Lehigh University PA Not reported 4
University of Houston TX Not reported 4
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO Not reported 3
West Virginia University WV Not reported 3
University of Arkansas AR Not reported 2
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 2
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 2
Tufts University MA Not reported 2
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN Not reported 2
Montana Technological University MT Not reported 2
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 2
Alfred University NY Not reported 2
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 2
University of Idaho ID Not reported 2
Tuskegee University AL Not reported 1
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA Not reported 1
University of Louisville KY Not reported 1
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM Not reported 1
Duke University NC Not reported 1
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Not reported 1
Iowa State University IA Not reported Not reported
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 0
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI Not reported 0
University of Mississippi MS Not reported 0
University of California-Riverside CA Not reported Not reported
University at Albany NY Not reported Not reported
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez PR Not reported Not reported
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0
The Catholic University of America DC Not reported 0

Doctoral (87)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Northwestern University IL Not reported 38
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 35
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 34
Purdue University-Main Campus IN Not reported 34
University of California-San Diego CA Not reported 29
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 27
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 26
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 25
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 22
Stanford University CA Not reported 19
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 18
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 18
Washington State University WA Not reported 16
Colorado School of Mines CO Not reported 16
University of California-Irvine CA Not reported 15
University of Houston TX Not reported 14
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 13
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA Not reported 13
Texas State University TX Not reported 13
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 12
The University of Texas at Dallas TX Not reported 12
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 12
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 12
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 12
University of Florida FL $128,018 11
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 11
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 11
University of Central Florida FL Not reported 11
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 10
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 10
University of California-Davis CA Not reported 10
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 10
Stony Brook University NY Not reported 10
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC Not reported 10
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 10
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 10
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 10
Boston University MA Not reported 8
Clemson University SC Not reported 8
Auburn University AL Not reported 7
Cornell University NY Not reported 7
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 7
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA Not reported 7
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO Not reported 6
University of Nevada-Reno NV Not reported 6
Drexel University PA Not reported 6
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 6
University of North Texas TX Not reported 6
The University of Texas at El Paso TX Not reported 6
University of Colorado Boulder CO Not reported 6
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 5
Binghamton University NY Not reported 5
Boise State University ID Not reported 5
Johns Hopkins University MD Not reported 4
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported 4
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 4
The University of Texas at Arlington TX Not reported 4
Florida International University FL Not reported 4
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 4
University of Arkansas AR Not reported 3
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 3
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 3
Lehigh University PA Not reported 3
University of Alabama at Birmingham AL Not reported 2
Tuskegee University AL Not reported 2
University of Dayton OH Not reported 2
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD Not reported 2
The University of Alabama AL Not reported 1
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM Not reported 1
Alfred University NY Not reported 1
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK Not reported 1
University of Utah UT Not reported 1
University of Idaho ID Not reported 1
University of Illinois Chicago IL Not reported 1
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported 1
Iowa State University IA Not reported Not reported
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 0
University of Mississippi MS Not reported 0
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 0
Clarkson University NY Not reported Not reported
University of California-Riverside CA Not reported Not reported
University at Albany NY Not reported Not reported
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
University of California-Merced CA Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0

Associate (4)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Whatcom Community College WA Not reported 4
El Paso Community College TX Not reported 3
Southern Maine Community College ME Not reported Not reported
Salt Lake Community College UT Not reported Not reported

Post-bachelor's Certificate (2)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Delaware DE Not reported Not reported
Boise State University ID Not reported Not reported

Graduate Certificate (24)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Portland State University OR Not reported 13
Villanova University PA Not reported 7
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 5
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC Not reported 2
Wichita State University KS Not reported 1
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported 1
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 1
University of Florida FL Not reported 1
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 0
University of Maine ME Not reported 0
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported 0
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI Not reported 0
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO Not reported 0
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 0
University at Buffalo NY Not reported 0
University of Dayton OH Not reported 0
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC Not reported Not reported
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 0
Purdue University-Main Campus IN Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0
Boise State University ID Not reported 0

Undergraduate Certificate (10)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO Not reported 32
University of Florida FL Not reported 28
Snow College UT Not reported 11
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 5
Wichita State University KS Not reported 1
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 0
Great Bay Community College NH Not reported 0
Rowan University NJ Not reported 0
Davis Technical College UT Not reported Not reported
Ogden-Weber Technical College UT Not reported Not reported