2023 Best Value Colleges for Nanotechnology in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nanotech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 114 people earned their degree in nanotechnology, making the major the 340th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, nanotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 33 nanotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nanotech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nanotechnology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nanotechnology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nanotechnology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nanotech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nanotech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Nanotechnology in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Erie Community College
Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$4,575 Average Net Price

$36,244 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nanotech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Erie Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Erie Community College is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Erie Community College also made our “Best Nanotechnology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $4,575 for Middle Atlantic Region Nanotech students per year to attend Erie Community College.

Read full report on Nanotechnology at Erie Community College

2

Excelsior College
Albany, New York

#1 in overall quality

$58,705 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Excelsior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nanotech Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Albany, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified ’s nanotech students in 2020-2021.

Excelsior College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nanotechnology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Nanotechnology at Excelsior College

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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