Materials Engineering

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2017

3,475

growing 5.08%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$8,603

declining 0.359%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$49,284

growing 3.48%

Average Wage

$111,636

growing 2.11%

People in Workforce

4.48M

growing 4.23%

Average Employee Age

43.1

declining 0.617%

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The locations with the highest concentration of Materials Engineering degree recipients are Champaign, IL, Gainesville, FL, and Los Angeles, CA. The locations with a relatively high number of Materials Engineering degree recipients are Socorro, NM, Portsmouth, NH, and Kaysville, UT. The most common degree awarded to students studying Materials Engineering is a bachelors degree.

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Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Materials Engineering and the types of students that study this field. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign awards the most degrees in Materials Engineering in the US, but New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and Great Bay Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Materials Engineering.

Tuition costs for Materials Engineering majors are, on average, $8,603 for in-state public colleges, and $49,284 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Materials Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (74 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (2,561 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Materials Engineering

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Materials Engineering, is Public, 4-year or above (2,561 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Materials Engineering programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$8,603

Median In-State Public

$49,284

Median Out of State Private

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has the most Materials Engineering degree recipients, with 158 degrees awarded in 2017.

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Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
5.15%
Great Bay Community College
4.86%
Ogden-Weber Technical College
3.77%

Out of all institutions that offer Materials Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and Great Bay Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Materials Engineering, with 5.15% and 4.86%, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Materials Engineering

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Materials Engineering by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Materials Engineering.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Engineering graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Engineering majors is $111,636 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Other managers.

The industry that employs the most Engineering majors is Architectural, engineering & related services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Footwear manufacturing.

Wages

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Materials Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

$111,636

Average Wage in Workforce

± $1,124

2.11%

1 Year Growth

± 1.39%

The average salary for Engineering majors is $111,636 and the most common occupations are Software developers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Other managers.

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Engineering majors.

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± 51,177

4.23%

1 Year Growth

± 1.57%

The number of Engineering graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.23%, from 4.3M in 2017 to 4.48M in 2018.

The industry which employs the most Engineering graduates by share is Architectural, engineering & related services, followed by Computer Systems Design. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Engineering.

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Specialty Locations

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PUMAS with a relatively high number of Engineering majors

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Engineering majors.

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Diversity

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Engineering in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Engineering is 43.1, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees, and White students earn the majority (1,591) of the degrees.

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Materials Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

43.1

Average Age in 2018

± 0.152 Years

0.617%

1 Year Change

± 0.503%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Engineering. The most common ages of employees with this major are 34 and 30 years old, which represent 2.87% and 2.84% of the population, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Materials Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Materials Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.

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Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (71.4%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
1,591 degrees awarded
Non-resident Alien
1,134 degrees awarded
Asian
310 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Materials Engineering for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination

White Male
671 degrees awarded
White Female
257 degrees awarded
Non-resident Alien Male
142 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Materials Engineering. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Materials Engineering is from the 2 Digit Course Engineering.

Most Common Countries of Origin

India
465,258 degree recipients
China
143,585 degree recipients
Mexico
77,047 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

India
4.4 times more than expected
Libya
3.84 times more than expected
United Arab Emirates
3.27 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.4 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (465,258 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Materials Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Materials Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Materials Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Mathematics, Technology Design, and Science.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Materials Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Mathematics is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Instructing are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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