by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in New York” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 3,415 people earned their degree in materials engineering, making the major the 154th most popular in the United States. 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 New York, there were 158 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,822 and $19,701 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 materials engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 4 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in New York” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new york bachelor’s degree materials engineering students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Alfred University landed the #1 spot on the list. Alfred, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s materials engineering degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in New York. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in New York. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s materials engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Materials Engineering Major in New York. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees 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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