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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students received a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from Georgia Tech.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Materials Engineering

Georgia Tech Materials Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the materials engineering progam at Georgia Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Materials Engineering Schools	11
Most Popular Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	21

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

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.

Earnings of Georgia Tech Materials Engineering Graduates

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia Tech is $69,159. This is 4% higher than $66,522, which is the national average for all materials engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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, 62% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% 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 6% more women than average.

About 58% 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 12% 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	10
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Georgia Tech Materials Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 materials engineering majors earned their master's degree from Georgia Tech. Of these graduates, 73% were men and 27% were women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 9% better 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 master's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Georgia Tech also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 37 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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• Engineering Mechanics
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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

More about our data sources and methodologies.