2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in New York

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,214 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 345th most popular in the United States.

Across New York, there were 158 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their natural sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree natural sciences students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences in New York

1

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

#20 overall quality in New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #1 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Natural Sciences at University at Buffalo

2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

#6 overall quality in New York

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 Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in New York. Troy, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s natural sciences degrees to 0 students 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 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%.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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SUNY Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Natural Sciences Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Plattsburgh landed the #2 spot on the list. SUNY Plattsburgh is a small public school situated in Plattsburgh, New York. It awarded 0 masters’s natural sciences 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%.

Full SUNY Plattsburgh Natural Sciences Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

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