General Materials Engineering at University of California - Davis

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

UC Davis is located in Davis, California and approximately 39,074 students attend the school each year.

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.

UC Davis General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Davis General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at UC Davis 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials processing and manufacturing, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at UC Davis

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

UC Davis General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UC Davis since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 University of California - Davis with a bachelor's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UC Davis General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

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

Of the students who received a materials processing and manufacturing master's degree from UC Davis, 100% 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 University of California - Davis with a master's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
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 CA, the home state for University of California - Davis.

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 Bev Sykes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.