Online Material Engineering Schools & Colleges

Material Engineering Online Colleges

Associate, bachelor's and master's degrees in materials engineering or materials science and engineering are available online as are graduate certificate programs. With a bachelor's degree (the minimum required for most entry-level positions), you could work as a material engineer. This hands-on career often begins in manufacturing or technical support. There are not a wide variety of online material engineering degrees available, but there are a few that could help you make a start gaining skills in the field and giving you the opportunity to decide of a career might be right for you. These include an Associate degree in Engineering Technology and undergraduate certificates that offer essential technology skills. Whatever the exact path you want to seek, it will be important to have the academics and training to help you move along after you gain employment.

Material engineers earned mean annual wages of $85,860, with the highest wages paid in sectors, such as professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers and electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers. Between 2008 and 2018, materials engineers likely will have employment growth of 9 percent, a rate comparable to the average for all occupations. This growth is expected primarily in the professional, scientific and technical services industries and due to greater use of composite and other nontraditional materials developed through nanotechnology and biotechnology research. With a master's or doctorate degree, you could move into research and development, sales, consulting or management. Managers, in general, earned mean annual wages of $102,160 while sales managers earned $114,110.

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