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General Materials Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

General Materials Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Materials Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UIC General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

UIC General Materials Engineering Rankings

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at UIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials processing and manufacturing majors at University of Illinois at Chicago.

UIC General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

20% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

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In the materials processing and manufacturing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 34% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in materials processing and manufacturing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 1
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Materials Processing and Manufacturing Grads May Go Into

A degree in materials processing and manufacturing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,760 $136,270
Cost Estimators 5,600 $66,480
Engineering Professors 1,330 $114,010
Materials Engineers 800 $84,310

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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