Materials Engineers Career

Vocational Programs for Materials Engineers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
25K	$53.09	$110,430

The role of Materials Engineers is to evaluate materials and develop machinery and processes to manufacture materials for use in products that must meet specialized design and performance specifications The average annual wage of the occupations is $110,430 and $53 per hour. 3 vocational programs could be taken for the Materials Engineers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 24,630 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Materials Engineers Career

The following 3 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Materials Engineers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Materials Engineers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Ceramic Sciences and Engineering	1	-	-	-	-
Materials Engineering	7	-	-	-	-
Polymer/Plastics Engineering	1	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Materials Engineers

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Ceramic Sciences and Engineering

Materials Engineering

Polymer/Plastics Engineering

Schools offering voational programs for Materials Engineers

The following 9 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Materials Engineers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.