General Materials Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

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

Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 6,325 students attend the school each year.

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.

Illinois Tech General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Illinois Tech General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at Illinois 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials processing and manufacturing, making the school the #58 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at Illinois Tech

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

Illinois Tech General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials processing and manufacturing at Illinois Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in materials processing and manufacturing.

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

Illinois Tech General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology with a master's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 IL, the home state for Illinois Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Cost Estimators	5,600	$66,480
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010
Materials Engineers	800	$84,310

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 Thomas Knapp under License

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