General Materials Engineering at Michigan Technological University

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

Michigan Tech is located in Houghton, Michigan and approximately 6,873 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.

Michigan Tech General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Michigan Tech General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at Michigan 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials processing and manufacturing, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at Michigan Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials processing and manufacturing majors at Michigan Technological University.

Michigan Tech General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials processing and manufacturing at Michigan 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 Michigan Technological University with a bachelor's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Michigan Tech General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Michigan Technological University 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	1
International Students	4
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 MI, the home state for Michigan Technological 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 Michigan Technological University Photo Services under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.