Materials Engineering at University of California - Davis

What traits are you looking for in a materials engineering school? To help you decide if University of California - Davis is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's materials engineering program.

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and approximately 39,074 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 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.

UC Davis Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Davis 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 UC Davis

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

UC Davis Materials Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a master's degree in materials engineering from UC Davis. About 20% of these graduates were women and the other 80% were men.

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 University of California - Davis with a master's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Textile Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.