General Materials Engineering at Northwestern University

If you are interested in studying general materials engineering, you may want to check out the program at Northwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a total student population of 22,603.

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.

Northwestern General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Northwestern General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at Northwestern 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 34 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials processing and manufacturing, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Northwestern General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern University with a master's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	48
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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Cost Estimators	5,600	$66,480
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010
Materials Engineers	800	$84,310

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 Madcoverboy at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.