Master's programs 37
Graduates in 2023-24 260
Typical median debt n/a
Typical earnings 1 yr after $86,179
Typical earnings 4 yrs after n/a
Earnings to debt n/a
Official field: Materials Sciences. Admission figures such as LSAT, MCAT or GRE scores are not part of this federal data, so check each school.
Degree level Programs Typical earnings 1 yr after Typical median debt Master's 37 $86,179 n/a Doctoral 39 n/a n/a
Is it worth it? Debt vs first-year pay Each dot is one master's program. Dots above the dashed line have graduates earning more in their first year than the program's median debt.
Master's programs in materials sciences Highest first-year earnings Rochester Institute of Technology $86,179
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 23 $86,179 n/a n/a CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY 1 n/a n/a n/a Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 35 n/a n/a n/a Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 3 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 17 n/a n/a n/a Duke University Durham, NC 2 n/a n/a n/a Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 4 n/a n/a n/a Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 2 n/a n/a n/a Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH 9 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 5 n/a n/a n/a Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO 9 n/a n/a n/a Montana State University Bozeman, MT 3 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 1 n/a n/a n/a Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 1 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 1 n/a n/a n/a Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS 2 n/a n/a n/a Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 3 n/a n/a n/a The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 1 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 2 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 54 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Delaware Newark, DE 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Denver Denver, CO 0 n/a n/a n/a University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH 1 n/a n/a n/a University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM 6 n/a n/a n/a University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Vermont Burlington, VT 0 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 0 n/a n/a n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 5 n/a n/a n/a William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ 2 n/a n/a n/a
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 34 n/a $164,651 n/a Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 23 n/a n/a n/a Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 1 n/a n/a n/a Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 2 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a Duke University Durham, NC 5 n/a n/a n/a Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 2 n/a n/a n/a Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 4 n/a n/a n/a Montana State University Bozeman, MT 5 n/a n/a n/a Montana Technological University Butte, MT 2 n/a n/a n/a Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA 2 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 1 n/a n/a n/a Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 1 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 5 n/a n/a n/a Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 2 n/a n/a n/a The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 11 n/a n/a n/a University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 2 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 29 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 1 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Delaware Newark, DE 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Denver Denver, CO 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH 2 n/a n/a n/a University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM 2 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Vermont Burlington, VT 2 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 4 n/a n/a n/a Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 3 n/a n/a n/a Wayne State University Detroit, MI 0 n/a n/a n/a Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH 1 n/a n/a n/a
Frequently asked questions How much do materials sciences graduates earn? Graduates of the typical master's program earned a median of $86,179 one year after finishing, in 2024 dollars.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field of study file, data release of October 15, 2026. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working, not enrolled. One-year figures: graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Four-year figures: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. More on the data .