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Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

What traits are you looking for in a materials engineering school? To help you decide if California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's materials engineering program.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 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.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Materials Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials engineering major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 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.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

28% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 72% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

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 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering 41

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 Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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