General Materials Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a materials processing and manufacturing school? To help you decide if Massachusetts Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's materials processing and manufacturing program.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 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.

MIT General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at MIT 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 27 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials processing and manufacturing, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 MIT since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 57% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

MIT General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Of the students who received a materials processing and manufacturing master's degree from MIT, 100% 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 Massachusetts 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	4
International Students	0
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 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

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