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 Florida. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in materials engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UF was ranked #18 on College Factual's Best Schools for materials engineering list. It is also ranked #1 in Florida.
Here are some of the other rankings for UF.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UF was $856 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $149 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $4,477 | $25,694 |
Fees | $1,904 | $2,965 |
Books and Supplies | $890 | $890 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,590 | $10,590 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,570 | $3,570 |
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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 UF took out an average of $17,000 in student loans. That is 29% lower than the national average of $23,918.
materials engineering who receive their bachelor’s degree from UF make an average of $61,516 a year during the early days of their career. That is 3% lower than the national average of $63,129.
Online degrees for the UF materials engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UF Online Learning page.
Women made up around 50.0% of the materials engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in materials engineering at UF in 2019-2020, 32.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 7 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 43 |
International Students | 1 |
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 | 70 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 133 |
Biomedical Engineering | 88 |
Chemical Engineering | 106 |
Civil Engineering | 145 |
Computer Engineering | 108 |
*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.