2024 Best Natural Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
7Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
281Natural Sciences Degrees Awarded
$13,601Avg Early-Career Salary
Natural Sciences isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #208 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for natural sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 281 degrees in natural sciences during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of natural sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Natural Sciences School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The natural sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Natural Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for Natural Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the natural sciences degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Natural Sciences
Johns Hopkins University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in natural sciences. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 33 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a degree in natural sciences. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 29 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Temple University if you want to pursue a degree in natural sciences. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #147 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in natural sciences. Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Harrisburg. This university ranks 97th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 27 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in the most recent year we have data available. Those natural sciences students who get their degree from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology make $7,818 more than the average natural sciences student.
Located in the suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 37th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 5 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Newburgh, Mount Saint Mary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 95th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 1 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at Mount Saint Mary in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).