Materials Engineering at University of Southern California

Every materials engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the materials engineering program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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.

USC Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering

USC Materials Engineering Rankings

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Materials Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 students earned a master's degree in materials engineering from USC. About 38% of these graduates were women and the other 62% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Operations Research
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Petroleum Engineering
• Systems Engineering

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Materials Engineers	2,590	$107,570
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.