Materials Engineering at Lehigh University

If you are interested in studying materials engineering, you may want to check out the program at Lehigh University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 7,067. In 2021, 23 materials engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Lehigh.

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.

Lehigh Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Lehigh Materials Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the materials engineering progam at Lehigh 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 Lehigh 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	10
	63

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from Lehigh. This makes it the #34 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #48 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Lehigh

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

Lehigh Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in materials engineering from Lehigh in 2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Lehigh since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Lehigh University with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Lehigh Materials Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 materials engineering majors earned their master's degree from Lehigh. Of these graduates, 91% were men and 9% were women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from Lehigh, 64% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Lehigh also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Computer 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 Lehigh 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 IR393DEME under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.