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. In 2021, 2 materials engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Caltech.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Materials Engineering

Caltech Materials Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Materials Engineering Schools	2
Most Popular Materials Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	5
Most Focused Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools	57

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from Caltech. This makes it the #51 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 materials engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Caltech. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were 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 67% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 77% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Caltech Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a master's degree in Materials Engineering from Caltech in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from Caltech, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Caltech also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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