Materials Engineering
65 colleges offer Materials Engineering in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $47,658, from $29,730 at the lowest program to $65,168 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $64,953 on average, from $41,942 at the lowest program to $80,203 at the highest.
Is a Materials Engineering degree worth it?
Across 35 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $66,522 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $61,344 and $69,167. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $47,407. Debt is 0.71x first-year earnings, which ranks 59th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 65
- Average Debt on Graduation: $47,658
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $64,953
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| University of Manchester (The) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| McGill University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Merced | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stanford University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $65,168 | No data | No data |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Lehigh University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wright State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Case Western Reserve University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Alfred University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nevada-Reno | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Johns Hopkins University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Kentucky | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northwestern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Idaho | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| San Jose State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Riverside | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Los Angeles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Irvine | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| California Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Auburn University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of North Texas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,942 |
| University of Utah | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,076 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,714 |
| University of California-Davis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $55,386 |
| Drexel University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $59,744 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Bachelor's Degree | $29,730 | No data | $60,883 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $60,906 |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,034 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,164 |
| Washington State University | Bachelor's Degree | $48,075 | No data | $61,524 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $62,746 |
| Clemson University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $63,207 |
| University at Albany | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $64,224 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $64,436 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $64,892 |
| Winona State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $66,265 |
| Iowa State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $66,475 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $66,522 |
| Michigan Technological University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $67,484 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $67,716 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $67,817 |
| Boise State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $68,028 |
| Michigan State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $68,609 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $69,159 |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,407 | $69,167 |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,407 | $69,167 |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,407 | $69,167 |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,407 | $69,167 |
| University of Connecticut | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,407 | $69,167 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $69,257 |
| University of Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $70,098 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $73,616 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $73,854 |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $74,526 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $80,203 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Texas State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University at Buffalo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Central Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |