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General Materials Engineering at University of California - San Diego

General Materials Engineering at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 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.

UCSD General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

UCSD General Materials Engineering Rankings

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials processing and manufacturing, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

20% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a master's in materials processing and manufacturing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 6
International Students 34
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 - San Diego.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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