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Materials Engineering at Stanford University

Materials Engineering at Stanford University

If you are interested in studying materials engineering, you may want to check out the program at Stanford University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year.

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.

Stanford Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Stanford Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Materials Engineering Master’s Program

50% Women
34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of materials engineering master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 13
International Students 25
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Materials Engineering

If you plan to be a materials engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Stanford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering 67

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 Stanford University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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