Materials Engineering

1,389 students earn a materials engineering credential each year across 67 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $74,110
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $89,572

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Bachelor's programs — 61 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois92$75,0801 year out$96,928$17,916 2University of FloridaGainesville, Florida58$79,2001 year out$86,081—3Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana56$78,2651 year out—$21,335 4Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio54$70,3711 year out$92,120$19,500 5Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia53$66,8881 year out$90,734$27,000 6Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia52$76,4881 year out$89,572$17,123 7Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas48—1 year out——8California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California46$74,4961 year out$107,726$17,000 9University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan44$75,0411 year out$95,471$17,750 10North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina39$74,0581 year out—$21,111 11Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa37$65,8311 year out$87,838$23,125 12University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington35$71,1741 year out$98,760$20,915 13Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina31$69,7631 year out$82,276$25,243 14University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California29—1 year out——15University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota28$60,4451 year out$89,696$21,250 16University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah27—1 year out——17University of California-DavisDavis, California26$74,1101 year out—$18,777 18University of California-IrvineIrvine, California24$58,1771 year out—$9,987 19Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts24$65,9191 year out$98,069—20University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin24$76,6621 year out$85,207$20,676 21Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan23$78,2761 year out$95,671$27,925 22Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan23$63,1351 year out$81,891$27,000 23Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona22$77,6461 year out—$23,733 24University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland22—1 year out——25University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania22—1 year out——26The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee20$63,5051 year out—$19,500 27University of California-RiversideRiverside, California19—1 year out——28University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut18$75,6071 year out$86,829$27,000 29Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania18$78,6231 year out$99,089$31,000 30Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota17$72,9441 year out$83,187$22,000 31Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York16—1 year out$107,760$18,000 32Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho15—1 year out—$25,000 33Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois15—1 year out——34University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky15—1 year out——35University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania15—1 year out$98,625—36Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington15$49,5601 year out—$29,760 37University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama14$69,4981 year out$88,034—38Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York14$66,9271 year out$84,117$23,250 39University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin14—1 year out——40New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, New Mexico12—1 year out——41University of North TexasDenton, Texas12—1 year out—$26,823 42Stanford UniversityStanford, California12—1 year out——43University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida11—1 year out——44Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland11—1 year out——45Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama10—1 year out——46Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania9$74,9711 year out—$26,324 47University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin8$69,1751 year out—$29,750 48University of California-MercedMerced, California8—1 year out——49San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California7—1 year out——50Alfred UniversityAlfred, New York7—1 year out——51University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia7—1 year out——52California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, California6—1 year out——53Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio6—1 year out——54Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, Ohio5—1 year out——55Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois4—1 year out——56University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada4—1 year out——57University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho2—1 year out——58University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut0$75,6071 year out$86,829$27,000 59University of Connecticut-Avery PointGroton, Connecticut0$75,6071 year out$86,829$27,000 60University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut0$75,6071 year out$86,829$27,000 61University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut0$75,6071 year out$86,829$27,000

Associate programs — 2 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Whatcom Community CollegeBellingham, Washington4—1 year out——2El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas3—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 6 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado32—1 year out——2University of FloridaGainesville, Florida28—1 year out——3Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah11—1 year out——4Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas5—1 year out——5Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas1—1 year out——6Great Bay Community CollegePortsmouth, New Hampshire0—1 year out$25,178—

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).