Materials Engineering at University of Central Florida

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

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year.

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.

UCF Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Materials Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UCF does offer online courses in materials engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UCF Materials Engineering Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from UCF. This makes it the #29 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UCF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at University of Central Florida.

UCF Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 13 students who graduated with a master’s in materials engineering from UCF in 2021, 46% were men and 54% were women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a master's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UCF also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Industrial 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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Cost Estimators	13,220	$62,370
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
Engineering Professors	1,170	$117,170
Materials Engineers	590	$99,570

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.