The main focus area for this major is General Materials Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Materials Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in materials engineering, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UIUC was ranked #15 on College Factual's Best Schools for materials engineering list. It is also ranked #2 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for UIUC.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UIUC paid an average of $1,079 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $605 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $14,317 | $33,824 |
Fees | $2,896 | $2,896 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,252 | $12,252 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,500 | $2,500 |
Learn more about UIUC tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Materials Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at UIUC took out an average of $21,500 in student loans. That is 10% lower than the national average of $23,918.
The median early career salary of materials engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UIUC is $68,499 per year. That is 9% higher than the national average of $63,129.
UIUC does not offer an online option for its materials engineering bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIUC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in materials engineering in 2019-2020, 37.9% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 43.7% of the materials engineering bachelor’s degrees at UIUC in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 29 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 31 |
International Students | 17 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Materials Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Materials Engineering | 87 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 95 |
Agricultural Engineering | 108 |
Biomedical Engineering | 55 |
Chemical Engineering | 143 |
Civil Engineering | 180 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.