Materials Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles
UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 44,589.
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.
UCLA Materials Engineering Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Engineering
- Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering
UCLA Materials Engineering Rankings
The materials engineering major at UCLA 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UCLA
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at University of California - Los Angeles.
UCLA Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in materials engineering.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 15 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
White | 7 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
UCLA Materials Engineering Master’s Program
In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in materials engineering.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 6 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 20 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Concentrations Within Materials Engineering
If you plan to be a materials engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Los Angeles. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
General Materials Engineering | 76 |
Related Majors
- Geoscience Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Other Engineering
- General 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 University of California - Los Angeles.
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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.