Materials Engineering at Auburn University

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

Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and approximately 30,737 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,840 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University in 2021, 17 of them were materials engineering majors.

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.

Auburn Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Auburn

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Auburn does offer online courses in materials engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Auburn Materials Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the materials engineering progam at Auburn compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The materials engineering major at Auburn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Materials Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
	25
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools	33
Most Focused Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Focused Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	48

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from Auburn. This makes it the #40 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 Auburn

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

Auburn Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The materials engineering program at Auburn awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 59% of these degrees went to men with the other 41% going to women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Auburn since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at Auburn are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its materials engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Auburn Materials Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in materials engineering from Auburn. About 22% of these graduates were women and the other 78% were men.

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

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

Auburn also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Biological Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical 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 AL, the home state for Auburn University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Cost Estimators	2,160	$59,870
Materials Engineers	710	$94,590
Engineering Professors	530	$107,400

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 Robert S. Donovan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.