University Park, Pennsylvania · Public
Materials Sciences at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 207 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
0.5% reported share makes this a small program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 0.5%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~207
- Schools with reported signal
- 54
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 60.6%
- Graduation rate
- 86.1%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $32,875/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $131,500
- Median debt
- $25,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $63,435/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- D
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
This page stays available for users because the program appears in federal data, but it is not promoted for search indexing while the reported share is below 1%.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 54 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 2.3x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($12,869 above), and ten-year median earnings are lower than the peer average ($3,789 below). That combination produces a D value grade and a top 100% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · 0.7% reported share · $13,481 net A+ University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · 0.1% reported share · $12,548 net A+ 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · 0.0% reported share · $11,655 net A Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN · 0.1% reported share · $15,846 net A University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA · 0.0% reported share · $14,251 net A 
University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL · 0.0% reported share · $10,154 net A 
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · 0.0% reported share · $11,297 net A University of Georgia Athens, GA · 0.0% reported share · $13,936 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Materials Sciences accounts for 0.5% of reported programs at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, which is bigger than 89% of schools in this field set and 2.3x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 207 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus's average net price is $32,875 per year, about $131,500 over four years. That is $12,869 above the $20,006 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $63,435 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $3,789 below the $67,224 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus #54 of 54 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.