Materials Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

If you plan to study materials engineering, take a look at what Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 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.

Georgia Tech Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials engineering major at Georgia Tech 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.

There were 37 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia Tech since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at Georgia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	28
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Georgia Tech Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of materials engineering master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Materials Engineering

The following materials engineering concentations are available at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering	114

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Cost Estimators	4,880	$67,190
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Materials Engineers	530	$86,240
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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 Disavian under License

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