Materials Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

If you plan to study materials engineering, take a look at what New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

New Mexico Tech is located in Socorro, New Mexico and has a total student population of 1,686. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 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.

New Mexico Tech Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

New Mexico Tech Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #58 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at New Mexico Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

New Mexico Tech Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 12 materials engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from New Mexico Tech, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from New Mexico Tech, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 25% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with a master's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Mechanical 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 NM, the home state for New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Cost Estimators	1,010	$59,580
Materials Engineers	330	$124,780

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 Atomic Energy505 under License

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