Materials Engineering at Drexel University

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

Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 23,589 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from Drexel.

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.

Drexel Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Drexel Materials Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the materials engineering progam at Drexel 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 Drexel 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
Best Value Materials Engineering Schools	93

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from Drexel. This makes it the #22 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Materials Engineering Graduates from Drexel Make?

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Drexel is $59,744. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,522 for all materials engineering students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Drexel

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at Drexel University.

Drexel Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 27 materials engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Drexel, about 63% were men and 37% were women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Drexel since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at Drexel are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Drexel University with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Drexel Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Materials Engineering from Drexel in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from Drexel, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Drexel also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Marine Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Environmental 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 PA, the home state for Drexel University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Cost Estimators	8,610	$67,330
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Materials Engineers	1,690	$89,180

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.