Materials Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has a total student population of 47,907. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students received a bachelor's degree in materials engineering from U-M.

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.

U-M Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

U-M Materials Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The materials engineering major at U-M 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
	6
Best Value Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	42

In 2021, 47 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from U-M. This makes it the #2 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of U-M Materials Engineering Graduates

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at U-M is $73,854. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $66,522 for all materials engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at U-M

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

U-M Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 53 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Materials Engineering from U-M in 2020-2021, 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at U-M since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at U-M are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	35
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

U-M Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 47 students who earned a master's degree in Materials Engineering from U-M in 2020-2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor with a master's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

U-M also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 19 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Construction Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Physics

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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Cost Estimators	6,590	$63,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740
Materials Engineers	1,370	$82,570

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.