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Colleges Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings Employment
Materials Engineering 76 1,601 61% / 40% 7% $93,300 95%
Materials Science and Engineering 23 628 66% / 34% 11% $95,511 94%
Materials Engineering 33 488 69% / 32% 6% $96,222 97%
Textile Engineering 1 194 14% / 86% 3% $77,241 96%
Metallurgical Engineering 8 67 73% / 27% 4% $96,816 94%
Plastics Engineering 4 49 65% / 35% 2% $92,784 99%
Materials Science & Engineering 2 42 55% / 45% 10% $96,526 98%
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 1 36 67% / 33% 0% $94,250 100%
Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 3 25 80% / 20% 12% $91,031 98%
Polymer Science and Engineering 2 24 71% / 29% 0% $94,445
Ceramic Engineering 2 16 81% / 19% 0% $85,838 89%
Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) 1 12 17% / 83% 0% $92,325 89%
Materials Science and NanoEngineering 1 11 91% / 9% 9% $104,774
Textile Sciences and Engineering 1 8 25% / 75% 0% $86,809
Materials Science (Engineering) 1 1 100% / 0% 0% $100,753

Showing 76 colleges, 14 majors, 1,601 degrees in this category.

# University Major Degrees ▼ Rank Tier Accept RD Yield Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male/Female White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT SAT p25 SAT p75 Submit % Academic Employer Citations H-index
1 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo Materials Engineering 34 30% 26% $117,096 99 +2.54 99 100% — 79% / 21% 56% 3% 3% 18% 0% 1250 1420 23% ———— —
2 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Metallurgical Engineering 14 80% 36% $109,106 97 +1.64 98 90% — 86% / 14% 93% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1150 1340 100% ———— —
3 U. of Florida Materials Engineering 34 25 🥉 20% 41% $107,904 96 +1.51 98 100% — 65% / 35% 62% 12% 0% 18% 3% 1340 1490 100% 59.564.682.572.6 —
4 Drexel Materials Engineering 16 79% 8% $107,574 94 +1.47 93 96% — 69% / 31% 56% 13% 6% 0% 6% 1250 1440 39% ———— —
5 Johns Hopkins Materials Science and Engineering 13 9 🥈 6% 24% $107,292 93 +1.44 92 — — 69% / 31% 38% 31% 0% 15% 0% 1540 1560 77% 65.274.386.576.2 —
6 Arizona State Materials Science and Engineering 22 15 🥈 88% 22% $107,008 92 +1.41 97 83% — 86% / 14% 64% 5% 5% 18% 0% — — — 63.477.685.872.8 —
7 Georgia Tech Materials Science and Engineering 55 3 🥇 19% 46% $105,144 90 +1.20 96 90% — 64% / 36% 44% 20% 5% 5% 15% 1380 1530 100% 86.483.495.991.6 —
8 Rice Materials Science and NanoEngineering 11 11 🥈 8% 27% $104,774 88 +1.16 90 — — 91% / 9% 55% 9% 0% 27% 9% 1520 1560 83% 72.869.495.878.9 —
9 Cornell Materials Science & Engineering 24 2 🥇 7% 46% $103,276 87 +0.99 89 96% — 50% / 50% 46% 29% 0% 4% 17% 1520 1570 56% 76.982.090.578.0 —
10 Texas A&M - College Station Materials Science and Engineering 73 12 🥈 58% 38% $102,877 84 +0.94 95 — — 67% / 33% 60% 12% 3% 18% 1% 1280 1450 95% 70.276.785.580.4 —
11 U. of Connecticut Materials Science and Engineering 21 54% 13% $102,217 81 +0.87 94 95% — 67% / 33% 48% 19% 0% 10% 10% 1270 1420 39% 46.555.588.472.2 —
12 Northwestern Materials Engineering 12 5 🥇 8% 36% $101,635 80 +0.80 88 — — 67% / 33% 17% 33% 0% 33% 8% 1530 1550 73% 88.875.093.683.9 —
13 Brown Materials Engineering 2 28 🥉 6% 45% $100,928 79 +0.72 87 — — 100% / 0% 0% 50% 0% 50% 0% 1480 1550 100% 57.468.589.270.4 —
14 Caltech Materials Science (Engineering) 1 1 🥇 4% 40% $100,753 79 +0.70 90 — — 100% / 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1550 1570 100% 87.888.082.972.2 —
15 Boise State Materials Engineering 10 84% 26% $100,664 79 +0.70 95 85% — 50% / 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — ———— —
16 U. of Alabama Metallurgical Engineering 13 71% 18% $100,432 78 +0.67 94 — — 92% / 8% 77% 0% 0% 15% 8% 1110 1360 72% 40.554.183.864.5 —
17 U. of Texas at El Paso Metallurgical Engineering 17 100% — $100,222 77 +0.65 96 95% — 47% / 53% 0% 0% 0% 88% 12% — — — ———— —
18 U. of Virginia Materials Engineering 6 16% 30% $99,662 77 +0.58 89 — — 33% / 67% 17% 0% 33% 33% 0% 1420 1530 60% 52.551.284.768.5 —
19 New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology Materials Engineering 8 97% 27% $99,659 76 +0.58 95 — — 50% / 50% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% 1090 1310 98% ———— —
20 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Materials Science and Engineering 62 7 🥇 37% 30% $99,547 74 +0.57 93 96% — 69% / 31% 39% 29% 3% 5% 21% 1480 1550 57% 82.979.384.376.3 —
21 Winona State Materials Engineering 9 77% 24% $98,982 72 +0.51 97 100% — 67% / 33% 67% 0% 0% 11% 0% — — — ———— —
22 Stanford Materials Science and Engineering 14 6 🥇 4% 70% $98,916 71 +0.50 89 — — 43% / 57% 29% 0% 14% 43% 7% 1530 1570 77% 93.199.596.590.7 —
23 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Materials Science and Engineering 31 8 🥇 14% 45% $98,328 70 +0.43 86 97% — 58% / 42% 65% 16% 0% 3% 6% 1380 1530 73% 77.177.488.280.4 —
24 Illinois Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering 5 55% 7% $98,150 68 +0.41 90 — — 100% / 0% 60% 0% 0% 20% 20% 1190 1440 38% 55.851.178.256.9 —
25 Case Western Reserve Materials Engineering 10 29 🥉 35% 10% $97,941 68 +0.39 85 — — 60% / 40% 50% 20% 0% 10% 10% 1450 1520 67% 53.151.291.073.7 —
26 U. of Pennsylvania Materials Science and Engineering 17 14 🥈 3% 50% $97,915 68 +0.39 87 90% — 41% / 59% 41% 35% 0% 0% 12% 1510 1560 70% 71.587.291.578.3 —
27 Clemson Materials Engineering 24 42% 18% $97,485 66 +0.34 92 94% — 63% / 38% 71% 0% 13% 13% 0% 1260 1400 57% 40.456.384.668.5 —
28 Ohio State Materials Science and Engineering 39 17 🥉 49% 21% $97,196 64 +0.31 91 98% — 54% / 46% 46% 13% 8% 0% 18% 1310 1440 67% 70.872.187.475.7 —
29 UCLA Materials Engineering 36 13 🥈 7% 48% $96,922 61 +0.28 91 — — 50% / 50% 31% 36% 0% 8% 8% — — — 78.180.997.589.7 —
30 San Jose State Materials Engineering 12 80% 17% $96,667 60 +0.25 96 — — 92% / 8% 25% 42% 8% 17% 8% 1020 1270 10% ———— —
31 U. of Utah Metallurgical Engineering 4 82% 25% $96,597 60 +0.24 94 — — 100% / 0% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% 1200 1380 48% 54.150.884.367.2 —
32 Case Western Reserve Polymer Science and Engineering 2 29 🥉 35% 10% $96,475 60 +0.23 83 — — 100% / 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1450 1520 67% 53.151.291.073.7 —
33 Purdue Materials Engineering 58 10 🥈 35% 25% $96,326 58 +0.21 93 93% — 78% / 22% 72% 5% 5% 2% 7% 1380 1520 100% 75.681.585.478.9 —
34 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Materials Engineering 14 63% 11% $96,067 56 +0.18 87 94% — 64% / 36% 64% 7% 0% 0% 21% 1390 1500 66% 52.670.485.567.0 —
35 U. of Maryland, College Park Materials Engineering 11 26 🥉 45% 22% $96,060 55 +0.18 92 100% — 55% / 45% 55% 18% 9% 0% 0% 1420 1520 44% 54.971.091.380.7 —
36 Lehigh Materials Engineering 17 29% 12% $95,852 54 +0.16 84 100% — 71% / 29% 88% 6% 0% 0% 0% 1390 1480 43% ———— —
37 Michigan Technological Materials Engineering 25 86% 16% $95,666 53 +0.13 90 94% — 64% / 36% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1130 1330 84% 43.253.980.562.3 —
38 U. of California, Irvine Materials Science and Engineering 24 24 🥉 27% 18% $95,637 51 +0.13 90 88% — 79% / 21% 4% 42% 0% 17% 21% — — — 58.968.691.375.0 —
39 U. of Massachusetts - Lowell Plastics Engineering 16 85% 18% $95,516 50 +0.12 93 98% — 75% / 25% 75% 6% 0% 13% 0% 1190 1370 29% ———— —
40 Michigan State Materials Engineering 13 22 🥉 83% 18% $95,463 49 +0.11 90 100% — 62% / 38% 85% 0% 0% 8% 0% 1110 1310 58% 58.065.884.867.4 —
41 Iowa State Materials Engineering 27 21 🥉 88% 28% $95,169 48 +0.08 93 100% — 85% / 15% 89% 4% 0% 0% 4% 1160 1360 57% 57.263.384.871.0 —
42 Wright State Materials Engineering 2 72% 20% $94,604 47 +0.02 94 — — 50% / 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% — — — ———— —
43 Colorado School of Mines Metallurgical and Materials Engineering 36 20 🥉 29% 23% $94,250 47 -0.02 90 100% — 67% / 33% 72% 0% 3% 17% 0% 1330 1480 60% 69.364.884.967.4 —
44 U. of Alabama at Birmingham Materials Engineering 6 94% 24% $93,814 44 -0.07 93 100% — 100% / 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1260 1420 52% ———— —
45 Virginia Tech Materials Science and Engineering 59 19 🥉 70% 20% $93,283 42 -0.13 92 100% — 73% / 27% 61% 8% 2% 15% 8% 1310 1480 50% 61.066.886.775.7 —
46 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Materials Science and Engineering 19 27 🥉 35% 28% $93,165 40 -0.15 89 100% — 68% / 32% 68% 5% 0% 5% 16% 1410 1480 41% 62.169.786.073.5 —
47 Montana Technological Metallurgical Engineering 3 85% 21% $92,815 39 -0.19 92 — — 33% / 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1050 1260 95% ———— —
48 U. of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Materials Engineering 9 89% 23% $92,436 39 -0.23 93 96% — 89% / 11% 44% 0% 0% 22% 33% 930 1170 66% ———— —
49 Rutgers University - New Brunswick Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 14 68% 21% $92,430 38 -0.23 92 100% — 79% / 21% 57% 21% 0% 7% 14% 1320 1500 55% 57.566.986.968.5 —
50 U. of Southern Mississippi Polymer Science and Engineering 22 93% 26% $92,415 37 -0.23 94 — — 68% / 32% 73% 0% 9% 9% 0% 1050 1340 99% ———— —
51 MIT Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3) 12 4 🥇 5% 86% $92,325 36 -0.24 83 89% — 17% / 83% 33% 17% 8% 25% 0% 1530 1570 100% 100.0100.095.292.8 —
52 Pennsylvania State University - Erie-Behrend Plastics Engineering 18 92% 15% $92,317 35 -0.24 93 98% — 50% / 50% 83% 0% 0% 0% 6% 1130 1310 35% ———— —
53 Missouri University of Science and Technology Metallurgical Engineering 11 79% 19% $92,112 34 -0.26 91 96% — 82% / 18% 82% 0% 0% 18% 0% 1230 1380 80% ———— —
54 Colorado School of Mines Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 3 20 🥉 29% 23% $92,087 34 -0.27 88 — — 67% / 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1330 1480 60% 69.364.884.967.4 —
55 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities Materials Engineering 20 65% 22% $92,082 33 -0.27 90 100% — 70% / 30% 70% 10% 5% 0% 5% 1310 1500 41% ———— —
56 Pennsylvania State University - Greater Allegheny Plastics Engineering 0 92% 19% $91,819 31 -0.30 93 — — — — — — — — 1090 1280 20% ———— —
57 Auburn Materials Engineering 15 47% 24% $91,814 31 -0.30 90 — — 73% / 27% 80% 7% 7% 0% 7% 1290 1360 90% ———— —
58 U. of Nevada, Reno Metallurgical Engineering 2 83% 24% $91,666 30 -0.31 92 — — 50% / 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1070 1280 77% ———— —
59 LeTourneau Metallurgical Engineering 3 54% 21% $91,577 30 -0.32 90 — — 67% / 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1000 1330 100% ———— —
60 U. of Wisconsin - Stout Plastics Engineering 15 91% 24% $91,482 29 -0.33 93 100% — 73% / 27% 93% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1000 1210 32% ———— —
61 U. of Nevada, Reno Materials Engineering 5 83% 24% $91,394 28 -0.34 92 — — 60% / 40% 40% 20% 0% 40% 0% 1070 1280 77% ———— —
62 U. of Idaho Materials Engineering 0 75% 20% $91,321 28 -0.35 91 — — — — — — — — 1000 1230 57% ———— —
63 U. of Utah Materials Science and Engineering 26 82% 25% $91,177 28 -0.37 91 — — 62% / 38% 85% 8% 0% 8% 0% 1200 1380 48% 54.150.884.367.2 —
64 Washington State Materials Science and Engineering 13 86% 19% $91,037 28 -0.38 92 92% — 85% / 15% 54% 0% 0% 15% 23% — — — 49.561.894.573.8 —
65 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville Materials Science and Engineering 9 42% 27% $91,001 27 -0.39 90 94% — 56% / 44% 78% 11% 0% 11% 0% 1210 1370 100% 52.757.195.884.4 —
66 U. of Pittsburgh Materials Engineering 12 30 🥉 59% 13% $90,745 27 -0.42 88 — — 83% / 58% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% 1290 1460 50% 57.956.687.969.2 —
67 U. of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Materials Engineering 12 39% 67% $90,555 26 -0.44 93 — — 100% / 0% 58% 0% 0% 0% 42% 1060 1280 41% ———— —
68 U. of Kentucky Materials Science and Engineering 10 94% 22% $90,381 25 -0.46 89 100% — 80% / 20% 60% 0% 0% 10% 20% 1060 1270 57% ———— —
69 U. of California, Riverside Materials Science and Engineering 12 84% 13% $90,213 25 -0.48 88 89% — 100% / 0% 8% 50% 8% 17% 8% — — — 44.754.594.073.5 —
70 Western Washington Materials Science & Engineering 18 94% 23% $89,775 24 -0.53 92 100% — 61% / 39% 94% 6% 0% 0% 0% 1070 1310 11% ———— —
71 U. of Washington Materials Science and Engineering 43 18 🥉 42% 23% $89,728 22 -0.53 89 94% — 47% / 53% 47% 23% 2% 5% 14% 1330 1500 24% 61.468.990.179.4 —
72 University at Buffalo Materials Engineering 0 81% 14% $89,579 20 -0.55 91 — — — — — — — — 1230 1390 29% 54.353.089.574.4 —
73 U. of North Texas Materials Engineering 11 81% 24% $89,053 19 -0.61 92 91% — 64% / 36% 45% 0% 18% 36% 0% 990 1230 52% 55.635.289.073.1 —
74 U. of Central Florida Materials Engineering 18 43% 32% $89,035 18 -0.61 92 — — 56% / 44% 50% 11% 6% 17% 6% 1230 1350 100% 47.651.882.073.3 —
75 Alfred Ceramic Sciences and Engineering 8 74% 10% $88,577 17 -0.66 88 95% — 88% / 13% 88% 0% 0% 0% 13% 1100 1310 71% ———— —
76 U. of California, Merced Materials Science and Engineering 5 97% 4% $88,111 17 -0.71 85 — — 100% / 0% 20% 20% 0% 40% 0% — — — ———— —
77 North Carolina State Materials Science and Engineering 32 16 🥉 40% 30% $87,156 16 -0.82 88 97% — 53% / 47% 63% 13% 9% 6% 3% 1320 1440 40% 64.171.191.383.6 —
78 Thomas Jefferson Textile Sciences and Engineering 8 81% 12% $86,809 16 -0.86 83 — — 25% / 75% 25% 13% 25% 13% 0% 1170 1330 25% ———— —
79 Alfred Ceramic Engineering 8 74% 10% $86,004 16 -0.95 86 — — 88% / 13% 63% 0% 0% 38% 0% 1100 1310 71% ———— —
80 Missouri University of Science and Technology Ceramic Engineering 8 79% 19% $85,673 16 -0.99 87 89% — 75% / 25% 88% 13% 0% 0% 0% 1230 1380 80% ———— —
81 Saint Vincent Materials Engineering 0 79% 19% $85,182 16 -1.04 84 — — — — — — — — 1050 1210 58% ———— —
82 U. of California, Davis Materials Science and Engineering 24 23 🥉 39% 14% $81,274 15 -1.48 78 94% — 71% / 29% 21% 50% 0% 8% 17% — — — 60.774.882.370.4 —
83 North Carolina State Textile Engineering 194 16 🥉 40% 30% $77,241 0 -1.93 80 96% — 14% / 86% 71% 7% 7% 9% 3% 1320 1440 40% 64.171.191.383.6 —