General Materials Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park

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

UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and approximately 40,709 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.

UMCP General Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

UMCP General Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials processing and manufacturing major at UMCP 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 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials processing and manufacturing, making the school the #19 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Processing and Manufacturing Student Demographics at UMCP

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

UMCP General Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Maryland - College Park with a bachelor's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UMCP General Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of materials processing and manufacturing master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

Of the students who received a materials processing and manufacturing master's degree from UMCP, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - College Park with a master's in materials processing and manufacturing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - College Park.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Cost Estimators	4,390	$71,650
Materials Engineers	920	$116,380
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160

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 Bgervais under License

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