Materials Engineering at California Institute of Technology

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

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and approximately 2,240 students attend the school each year.

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.

Caltech Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Caltech Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials engineering major at Caltech 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Caltech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at California Institute of Technology.

Caltech Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Caltech since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 California Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

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

Caltech Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of materials engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Materials Engineering

The following materials engineering concentations are available at California Institute of Technology. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering	17

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Environmental 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 CA, the home state for California Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Materials Engineers	2,590	$107,570
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Canon.vs.nikon under License

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