Materials Engineering at California State University - Northridge

If you plan to study materials engineering, take a look at what California State University - Northridge has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUN is located in Northridge, California and approximately 40,381 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in materials engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Materials Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

CSUN Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering

CSUN Materials Engineering Rankings

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at CSUN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at California State University - Northridge.

CSUN Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a master’s in materials engineering from CSUN in 2021, 70% were men and 30% were women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Northridge with a master's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Mechanical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Careers That Materials Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in materials engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Northridge.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Materials Engineers	2,590	$107,570
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cbl62 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.