Materials Engineering at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 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.

U of U Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

U of U Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 9 materials engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from U of U, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from U of U, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 22% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Geoscience Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• General 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Cost Estimators	2,680	$65,940
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,230	$128,980
Materials Engineers	420	$88,100
Engineering Professors	320	$120,110

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.