Materials Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. Of the 9,305 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2021, 68 of them were materials engineering majors.

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.

UIUC Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Materials Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the materials engineering progam at UIUC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UIUC 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
	25

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from UIUC. This makes it the #18 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Materials Engineering Graduates from UIUC Make?

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIUC is $64,436. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,522 for all materials engineering students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 68 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in materials engineering from UIUC in 2021, 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UIUC Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a master’s in materials engineering from UIUC in 2021, 70% were men and 30% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Operations Research

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Cost Estimators	5,600	$66,480
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010
Materials Engineers	800	$84,310

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.