Materials Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from MIT.

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.

MIT Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Materials Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The materials engineering major at MIT 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
Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools	18

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from MIT. This makes it the #47 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 27 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Materials Engineering Graduates from MIT Make?

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at MIT is $80,203. This is 21% higher than $66,522, which is the national average for all materials engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% 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 MIT since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

MIT Materials Engineering Master’s Program

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

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

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

MIT also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 27 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Operations Research
• Civil Engineering
• Chemical 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Cost Estimators	6,030	$77,670
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140
Materials Engineers	600	$95,640

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.