Materials Engineering at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

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

Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 32,277 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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.

Pitt Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Pitt 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 Pitt

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

Pitt Materials Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 materials engineering majors earned their master's degree from Pitt. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Metallurgical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Chemical 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 Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus.

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 Crazypaco under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.