This page contains key outcome data for the Materials Science Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $72,000 (Rank: 17 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $46,000
- Unemployment Rate: 2.50% (Rank: 26 of 171)
- Percent Female: 29.7%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 34.4%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 4.5%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 30.8%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 142 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 12.74% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Engineers, : 10.17% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Materials Engineers: 9.88% (Average Income: $75,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 6.07% (Average Income: $72,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 4.21% (Average Income: $91,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 3.94% (Average Income: $62,000)
- Aerospace Engineers: 3.61% (Average Income: $84,000)
- Computer Scientists and Systems Analysts/Network systems Analysts/Web Developers: 2.67% (Average Income: $50,000)
- Physical Scientists, : 2.02% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.84% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Writers and Authors: 1.82% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Accountants and Auditors: 1.66% (Average Income: $74,000)
- Civil Engineers: 1.62% (Average Income: $59,000)
- Chemists and Materials Scientists: 1.48% (Average Income: $86,000)
- Other Business Operations and Management Specialists: 1.41% (Average Income: $79,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 1.36%
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.21% (Average Income: $107,000)
- Machinists: 1.20% (Average Income: $58,000)
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, : 1.05% (Average Income: $31,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 1.02% (Average Income: $86,000)
- Biological Technicians: 1.00% (Average Income: $65,000)
- Architectural and Engineering Managers: 1.00% (Average Income: $93,000)
- Computer Support Specialists: 0.94% (Average Income: $264,000)
- Designers: 0.89% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Other production workers including semiconductor processors and cooling and freezing equipment operators: 0.89% (Average Income: $59,000)
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