Materials Sciences
173 students earn a materials sciences credential each year across 11 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
- $72,216
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $86,377
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Bachelor's programs — 10 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania58$72,2161 year out$86,377$24,7502University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California28—1 year out——3Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania26—1 year out$82,065—4University of DelawareNewark, Delaware16—1 year out——5University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California13—1 year out——6University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona11—1 year out$99,030—7Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York7—1 year out——8University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin5—1 year out——9Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana1—1 year out——10Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan1—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 2 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
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 (—).