Rankings
The department's undergraduate and graduate programs are ranked 13 and 9 respectively among public institutions by U.S. News & World Report.
#13 undergraduate program
Ranked among public institutions, 2024
#9 graduate program
Ranked among public institutions, 2025
Student Enrollment
Student Level | Number of Students |
---|---|
Undergraduate | 219 |
Master's | 49 |
Doctoral | 148 |
Total Enrollment | 416 |
Source: Office of Academic & Business Performance Analytics, Texas A&M University As reported to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
Degrees Awarded
Degree Level | Number of Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Bachelor's | 47 |
Master's | 23 |
Doctoral | 33 |
Total Degrees Awarded | 103 |
Source: Office of Academic & Business Performance Analytics, Texas A&M University |
Faculty
With a high-quality student body and outstanding faculty, the department is well poised to achieve its mission of excellence in all three areas. Some indicators of our faculty recognition include:
Tenure Status | Number of Faculty |
---|---|
Professors | 14 |
Associate | 4 |
Assistant | 6 |
Endowed | 5 |
Total Faculty | 24 |
Research Areas
- Adaptive Functional Materials
- Advanced Structural Materials
- Computational Materials Science Design and Materials Informatics
- Electrochemistry and Corrosion Science Engineering
- Infrastructure Materials
- Materials Synthesis and Processing
- Materials Under Extreme Environments
- Polymers, Soft Matter and Composites
- Quantum Materials
- Small Scale Characterization Techniques