Materials Science and Engineering
27MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£30,000
SATISFACTION77%
CONTINUATION80%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS75%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 27% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
Materials Science and Engineering
BEng · Swansea University · 3 years
The pay story
- £30,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £26,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £37,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 23th percentile of 1,186 Engineering and Technology courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 95%Found their work meaningful
- 80%Felt on track with their career
- 75%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
- 38 / 100Quality and Regulatory Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 25% of graduatescards →
- 6 / 100Caring personal services · 10% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).