Materials Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 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.

UT Knoxville Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Knoxville Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials engineering major at UT Knoxville 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 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 35% 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 UT Knoxville since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Knoxville Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 69% of materials engineering master's degrees went to men and 31% went to women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from UT Knoxville, 69% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering	57

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Cost Estimators	2,870	$63,770
Materials Engineers	760	$111,670
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.