Materials Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and has a total student population of 28,669.

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 Dallas Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Dallas Materials Engineering 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a master's degree in Materials Engineering from UT Dallas in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Cost Estimators	17,240	$73,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200
Materials Engineers	2,400	$99,790

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.