Materials Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying materials engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Virginia - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and has a total student population of 25,628.

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.

University of Virginia Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

University of Virginia Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #26 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at University of Virginia

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

University of Virginia Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of materials engineering master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from University of Virginia, 57% 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 43% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Materials Engineering

If you plan to be a materials engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Virginia - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering	18

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Computer Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical 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 VA, the home state for University of Virginia - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Materials Engineers	470	$97,470

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.