Materials Engineering at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and approximately 37,024 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 66 materials engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech.

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.

Virginia Tech Materials Engineering Degrees Available

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

Virginia Tech Materials Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The materials engineering major at Virginia Tech 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
Most Focused Materials Engineering Schools	19

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in materials engineering from Virginia Tech. This makes it the #40 most popular school for materials engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Virginia Tech Materials Engineering Graduates

The median salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia Tech is $60,906. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,522 for all materials engineering students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 66 materials engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Virginia Tech, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in materials engineering at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in materials engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	45
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Virginia Tech Materials Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 9 materials engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Virginia Tech, about 78% were men and 22% were women.

Of the students who received a materials engineering master's degree from Virginia Tech, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the materials engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia Tech also has a doctoral program available in materials engineering. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Marine Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Polymer & Plastics Engineering
• Other 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Cost Estimators	9,220	$74,160
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Materials Engineers	470	$97,470

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 Eric T Gunther under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.