4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$111,083
Program median
Program + credential
Materials Sciences.: Doctoral Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$89,157
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$24,750
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
79
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI | Public | $17,597 | 58.7% | Available |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO | Public | $21,279 | 66.5% | Available |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $21,590 | 96.1% | Available |
| Duke University Durham, NC | Private nonprofit | $29,612 | 96.8% | Available |
| Emory University Atlanta, GA | Private nonprofit | $22,585 | 91.1% | Available |
| Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | Public | $11,297 | 85.6% | Available |
| Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH | Public | $20,787 | 63.7% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Montana State University Bozeman, MT | Public | $22,499 | 57.1% | Available |
| Montana Technological University Butte, MT | Public | $16,481 | 58.2% | Available |
| Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA | Public | $15,282 | 38.5% | Available |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND | Public | $15,543 | 63.9% | Available |
| Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ | Public | $14,158 | 61.3% | Available |
| Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | Public | $19,604 | 70.1% | Available |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR | Public | $18,048 | 55.6% | Available |
| Rowan University Glassboro, NJ | Public | $22,408 | 67.4% | Available |
| Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | Private nonprofit | $41,346 | 86.9% | Available |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | Public | $22,420 | 73.4% | Available |
| The University of Montana Missoula, MT | Public | $16,784 | 48% | Available |
| University at Albany Albany, NY | Public | $17,167 | 61.5% | Available |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | Public | $20,995 | 75.2% | Available |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL | Public | $18,749 | 64.2% | Available |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL | Public | $18,796 | 64.3% | Available |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | $16,674 | 67.5% | Available |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | Public | $18,209 | 70.5% | Available |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $13,481 | 92.8% | Available |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | Public | $14,251 | 86.9% | Available |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA | Public | $14,304 | 76% | Available |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | Public | $12,470 | 86.1% | Available |
| University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | Public | $16,109 | 83% | Available |
| University of Delaware Newark, DE | Public | $17,799 | 80.6% | Available |
| University of Denver Denver, CO | Private nonprofit | $36,131 | 75.6% | Available |
| University of Georgia Athens, GA | Public | $13,936 | 89.7% | Available |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH | Public | $23,805 | 76.1% | Available |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM | Public | $15,489 | 54.7% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Public | $11,655 | 91.2% | Available |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | Private nonprofit | $26,780 | 95.2% | Available |
| University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private nonprofit | $29,278 | 85.4% | Available |
| University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD | Public | $19,858 | 59.9% | Available |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $32,740 | 91.8% | Available |
| University of Vermont Burlington, VT | Public | $19,343 | 78.6% | Available |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | Private nonprofit | $15,846 | 93.5% | Available |
| Washington State University Pullman, WA | Public | $14,971 | 60.5% | Available |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $21,786 | 94.3% | Available |
| Wayne State University Detroit, MI | Public | $12,766 | 58.4% | Available |
| Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH | Public | $12,767 | 50.5% | Available |