Materials Engineering at University of Utah

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

U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 33,081 students attend the school each year.

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 of U Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

U of U Materials Engineering Rankings

The materials engineering major at U of U 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.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #43 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at U of U

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

U of U Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of materials engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical materials engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at U of U since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at U of U are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Utah with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

U of U Materials Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of materials engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from U of U, 67% 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 Utah with a master's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Materials Engineering

The following materials engineering concentations are available at University of Utah. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Utah. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Materials Engineering	41

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• General Engineering
• Geoscience 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 UT, the home state for University of Utah.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Cost Estimators	2,680	$65,940
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,230	$128,980
Materials Engineers	420	$88,100
Engineering Professors	320	$120,110

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 University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.