Materials Engineering at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 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.

UCONN Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCONN Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in materials engineering from UCONN in 2021, 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% 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 University of Connecticut with a master's in materials engineering.

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

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Chemical 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Cost Estimators	1,840	$74,910
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280
Materials Engineers	390	$98,310

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.