Materials Engineering at Michigan State University

What traits are you looking for in a materials engineering school? To help you decide if Michigan State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's materials engineering program.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and has a total student population of 49,695.

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.

Michigan State Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering

Michigan State Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials engineering major at Michigan State 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.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 61% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 39% 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 Michigan State since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Materials Engineering

The following materials engineering concentations are available at Michigan State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Michigan State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering	28

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Agricultural 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Cost Estimators	6,590	$63,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Materials Engineers	1,370	$82,570

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.