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A program that focuses on the general application of mathematical and scientific principles to the analysis and evaluation of the characteristics and behavior of solids, including internal structure, chemical properties, transport and energy flow properties, thermodynamics of solids, stress and failure factors, chemical transformation states and processes, compound materials, and research on industrial applications of specific materials.
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| A major in Materials Science is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 12
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Materials Science among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL | 60
(0.9%) |  |  |
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| | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI | 36
(0.6%) |  |  |
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| | University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA | 32
(0.5%) |  | |
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| | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA | 24
(0.2%) | | |
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| | Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA | 22
(1.8%) | |  |
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| | Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI | 19
(0.2%) | | |
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| | University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ | 12
(0.2%) | | |
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| | United States Air Force Academy
USAFA, CO | 8
(0.8%) | | - |
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| | University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA | 2
(0.0%) | | |
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| | Temple University
Philadelphia, PA | 1
(0.0%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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