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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. In 2021, 14 materials science majors received their bachelor's degree from UCLA.

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

21% Women
86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The materials science program at UCLA awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 79% of these degrees went to men with the other 21% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 0
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in materials science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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