General Materials Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

If you plan to study general 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 has a total student population of 39,771.

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

Georgia Tech General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
• Master’s Degree in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

Georgia Tech General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at Georgia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 processing and manufacturing, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

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

Georgia Tech General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical materials processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing.

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 General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of materials processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing.

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

Careers That Materials Processing and Manufacturing Grads May Go Into

A degree in materials processing and manufacturing 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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