General Materials Science at Carnegie Mellon University

If you plan to study general materials science, take a look at what Carnegie Mellon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 students attend the school each year.

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

Carnegie Mellon General Materials Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Materials Science
• Master’s Degree in General Materials Science

Carnegie Mellon General Materials Science Rankings

The general materials science major at Carnegie Mellon is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Materials Science. 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 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in general materials science, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Materials Science Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general materials science majors at Carnegie Mellon University.

Carnegie Mellon General Materials Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of general materials science bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% went to women. The typical general materials science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general materials science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Carnegie Mellon General Materials Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of general materials science master's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	31
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Other Materials Sciences

Careers That General Materials Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in general materials science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Materials Scientists	350	$100,950

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.