General Materials Engineering at University of Kentucky

What traits are you looking for in a materials processing and manufacturing school? To help you decide if University of Kentucky is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's materials processing and manufacturing program.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986.

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.

UK General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UK General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at UK 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.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at UK

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

UK General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at UK since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials processing and manufacturing 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 processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UK General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

In the materials processing and manufacturing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 74% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Kentucky 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	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Seicer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.