Materials Engineering at Stanford University

Every materials engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the materials engineering program at Stanford University stacks up to those at other schools.

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year.

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.

Stanford Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Stanford Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials engineering major at Stanford 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.

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 Stanford since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities in its materials engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Stanford Materials Engineering Master’s Program

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

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Materials Engineering

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering	73

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical 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 CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Materials Engineers	2,590	$107,570
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.