Materials Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 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.

UAB Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UAB Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 11 materials engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UAB, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 18% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Cost Estimators	2,160	$59,870
Materials Engineers	710	$94,590
Engineering Professors	530	$107,400

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.