by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 Purdue University - Main Campus. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in materials engineering, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at Purdue paid an average of $948 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $348 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,208 | $28,010 |
| Fees | $784 | $784 |
Purdue does not offer an online option for its materials engineering master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Purdue Online Learning page.
About 40.0% of the students who received their MS in materials engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28.8%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in materials engineering at Purdue in 2019-2020, 40.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 19%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Materials Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Materials Engineering | 5 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to materials engineering.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Engineering | 46 |
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 112 |
| Agricultural Engineering | 73 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 15 |
| Chemical Engineering | 59 |
*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.