Bachelor's degree · Engineering · CIP 14.18
Materials Engineering: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 62 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Materials Engineering, together awarding 1,194 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $77,204 one year after finishing and $94,967 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $20,886 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
62
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
1,194
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$77,204
31 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$94,967
30 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$20,886
18 reporting
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 16 of 58; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Materials Engineering
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 65 | $75,772 | $98,704 | $20,500 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 62 | $79,562 | $94,592 | $16,974 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · Public | GA | 60 | n/a | $104,920 | $20,000 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 59 | $77,737 | $129,740 | $18,500 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 56 | $77,713 | n/a | $20,135 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 41 | $83,654 | n/a | $13,545 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison · Public | WI | 40 | $77,204 | $91,112 | $27,000 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 37 | $78,513 | $92,569 | $21,271 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 35 | $75,832 | $108,299 | n/a |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 33 | $83,880 | $98,829 | $20,376 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 31 | $86,291 | $108,755 | n/a |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 30 | $72,014 | $90,066 | $26,990 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 30 | $78,333 | $94,247 | $18,500 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 28 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cornell University Ithaca · Private nonprofit | NY | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 25 | $74,926 | $85,133 | $18,500 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 25 | $79,158 | $92,769 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 25 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Michigan Technological University Houghton · Public | MI | 24 | $87,441 | $94,983 | $27,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge · Private nonprofit | MA | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 22 | $76,070 | $108,340 | n/a |
| Winona State University Winona · Public | MN | 22 | $70,261 | $96,085 | $22,000 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 21 | $66,124 | $98,983 | $23,276 |
| Northwestern University Evanston · Private nonprofit | IL | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Lexington · Public | KY | 19 | $78,014 | n/a | n/a |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia · Private nonprofit | PA | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 18 | $71,658 | n/a | n/a |
| Drexel University Philadelphia · Private nonprofit | PA | 17 | $84,983 | $108,354 | $31,000 |
| Clemson University Clemson · Public | SC | 16 | $74,683 | $94,315 | $22,849 |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 15 | $80,657 | $94,950 | n/a |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy · Private nonprofit | NY | 15 | $79,144 | $99,089 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University Cleveland · Private nonprofit | OH | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 14 | $87,472 | $89,267 | n/a |
| University of North Texas Denton · Public | TX | 14 | $73,476 | $89,285 | n/a |
| Boise State University Boise · Public | ID | 13 | $75,650 | $99,482 | $27,000 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs · Public | CT | 13 | $74,178 | $104,982 | n/a |
| Stanford University Stanford · Private nonprofit | CA | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 12 | $74,060 | $86,002 | n/a |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham · Public | AL | 12 | n/a | $88,240 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 12 | $74,976 | $100,096 | n/a |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Merced Merced · Public | CA | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore · Private nonprofit | MD | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Nevada-Reno Reno · Public | NV | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire · Public | WI | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lehigh University Bethlehem · Private nonprofit | PA | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Washington State University Pullman · Public | WA | 8 | $70,115 | $91,110 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee · Public | WI | 7 | n/a | $88,668 | n/a |
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Quick facts: Materials Engineering
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering?
- The College Scorecard lists 62 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Materials Engineering.
- How much do Materials Engineering graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $77,204 one year after graduation (31 institutions reporting) and $94,967 five years after graduation (30 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Materials Engineering graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ($129,740), Arizona State University Campus Immersion ($108,755), Drexel University ($108,354), University of California-Irvine ($108,340), and University of Florida ($108,299).
- How much student debt do Materials Engineering graduates have?
- The median institution's Materials Engineering graduates leave with $20,886 in federal student loans (18 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Materials Engineering degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (65), Purdue University-Main Campus (62), Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (60), California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (59), and Texas A&M University-College Station (56).
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- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
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- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Construction Engineering
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Engineering Science
- Engineering, General
- Engineering, Other
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Materials Engineering (CIP code 14.18), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.