Materials Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and approximately 22,563 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 15 materials engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UAB.

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.

UAB Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UAB Materials Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the materials engineering progam at UAB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The materials engineering major at UAB 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	53

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from UAB. This makes it the #34 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #54 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Materials Engineering Graduates from UAB Make?

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $73,616. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $66,522 for all materials engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in materials engineering from UAB in 2021, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UAB since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at UAB 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UAB Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 11 materials engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UAB, about 100% were men and 0% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UAB also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Electrical Engineering
• Biomedical 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Cost Estimators	2,160	$59,870
Materials Engineers	710	$94,590
Engineering Professors	530	$107,400

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.