by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Materials Engineering is the 154th most popular major in the country with 3,415 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, materials engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,007 and had an average of $23,030 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 491 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,449 and $24,101 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 200 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in materials engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in materials engineering.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alfred University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Alfred University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Alfred, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. RPI is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 23 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #4 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 28 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Pitt is a public institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Maryland - College Park ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 34 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maryland - College Park Materials Engineering Report
University of Pennsylvania did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. UPenn is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 14 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Pennsylvania Materials Engineering Report
Johns Hopkins University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read more about Materials Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
University at Buffalo landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s materials engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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