General Materials Engineering at California Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a materials processing and manufacturing school? To help you decide if California Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's materials processing and manufacturing program.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Materials Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Caltech General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
• Master’s Degree in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

Caltech General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 processing and manufacturing, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at Caltech

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

Caltech General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical materials processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing.

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 General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

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

In the materials processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing.

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

Careers That Materials Processing and Manufacturing Grads May Go Into

A degree in materials processing and manufacturing 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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