General Materials Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 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.

UIUC General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Processing and Manufacturing
• Master’s Degree in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

UIUC General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

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

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its materials processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	30
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UIUC General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 35% went to 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 processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 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

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