University of Alabama at Birmingham BS in General Materials Engineering

17 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

General Materials Engineering is a concentration offered under the materials engineering major at University of Alabama at Birmingham. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in materials processing and manufacturing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Undergraduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
References

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Materials Processing and Manufacturing from UAB Cost?

$8,568 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

UAB Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UAB was $850 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $357 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,568	$20,400
Books and Supplies	$1,200	$1,200
On Campus Room and Board	$12,307	$12,307
On Campus Other Expenses	$5,555	$5,555

Learn more about UAB tuition and fees.

Does UAB Offer an Online BS in Materials Processing and Manufacturing?

UAB does not offer an online option for its materials processing and manufacturing bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UAB Online Learning page.

UAB Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Materials Processing and Manufacturing

17 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

29.4% Women

29.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 17 bachelor’s degrees in materials processing and manufacturing handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in materials processing and manufacturing in 2019-2020, 29.4% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 35.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 29.4% of materials processing and manufacturing bachelor’s degree recipients at UAB in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

References

*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.