Materials Sciences at University of California - Los Angeles

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

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Materials Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UCLA Materials Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science

UCLA Materials Sciences Rankings

The materials science major at UCLA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Materials Sciences. 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.

Materials Science Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of materials science bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical materials science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its materials science 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 science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Materials Sciences

The following materials science concentations are available at University of California - Los Angeles. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Los Angeles. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Science	14

Related Majors

• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Physics
• Chemistry

Careers That Materials Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in materials science 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
Chemists	10,430	$88,570
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Chemistry Professors	1,570	$116,530

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.