Materials Engineering at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 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.

Cornell Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Materials Engineering

Cornell Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of materials engineering master's degrees went to men and 39% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Agricultural Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Civil 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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Cost Estimators	10,150	$75,730
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Materials Engineers	1,020	$100,880

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.