Materials Engineering at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 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.

UPenn Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UPenn Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #48 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 40 students who graduated with a master’s in materials engineering from UPenn in 2021, 70% were men and 30% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Chemical Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Materials Engineers	1,690	$89,180

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.