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Materials Engineering at University of Kentucky

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

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and approximately 29,986 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from UK.

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.

UK Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UK Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials engineering major at UK 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.

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in materials engineering from UK. This is the #85 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at UK

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

UK Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students earned a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from UK. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at UK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 23
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UK also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,940 $117,490
Cost Estimators 1,790 $65,460
Materials Engineers 190 $74,720
Engineering Professors 170 $80,500

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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