Materials Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

If you plan to study materials engineering, take a look at what Washington University in St Louis has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449.

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.

WUSTL Materials Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Materials Engineering

WUSTL Materials Engineering Rankings

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.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in materials engineering, making the school the #75 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Materials Engineering Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the materials engineering majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Materials Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a master's degree in materials engineering from WUSTL. About 23% of these graduates were women and the other 77% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Other 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Cost Estimators	4,630	$67,620
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,740	$138,520
Materials Engineers	590	$93,100
Engineering Professors	520	$106,680

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.