Materials Engineering at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students received a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from UCONN.

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.

UCONN Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCONN Materials Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks materials engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UCONN performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The materials engineering major at UCONN is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	9
Most Popular Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Focused Materials Engineering Schools	32
Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	54
Best Value Materials Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	65

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from UCONN. This makes it the #62 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Materials Engineering Graduates from UCONN Make?

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $69,167. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $66,522 for all materials engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 38 students earned a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from UCONN. About 34% of these graduates were women and the other 66% were men. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at UCONN are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its materials engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCONN Materials Engineering Master’s Program

The materials engineering program at UCONN awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women.

In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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

UCONN also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Systems Engineering
• Environmental 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,570	$143,920
Cost Estimators	1,840	$74,910
Engineering Professors	420	$100,280
Materials Engineers	390	$98,310

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.