General Materials Engineering at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying general materials engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 General Materials Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UCLA General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCLA General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at UCLA 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials processing and manufacturing, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% 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 UCLA since its program graduates 8% 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 - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in materials processing and manufacturing.

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 General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 45% went to women.

In the materials processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing.

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

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 - 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

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