Materials Engineering at North Carolina State University

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

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from NC State.

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.

NC State Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

NC State Materials Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks materials engineering programs across the country. The following shows how NC State performed in these rankings.

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 NC 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Materials Engineering Schools	16
Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	32

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from NC State. This makes it the #22 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of NC State Materials Engineering Graduates

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at NC State is $53,714. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,522 for all materials engineering students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at NC State

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

NC State Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The materials engineering program at NC State awarded 31 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 48% of these degrees went to men with the other 52% going to women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at NC State since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	23
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NC State Materials Engineering Master’s Program

The materials engineering program at NC State awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 53% of these degrees went to men with the other 47% going to women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from NC State, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NC State also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 14 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Operations Research
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Cost Estimators	6,580	$62,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.