Materials Engineering at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 71,881. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 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.

UCF Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UCF does offer online courses in materials engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UCF Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who earned a master's degree in Materials Engineering from UCF in 2020-2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Cost Estimators	13,220	$62,370
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
Engineering Professors	1,170	$117,170
Materials Engineers	590	$99,570

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.