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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society (Income $0-$30k) in New York

4 Ranked Colleges
300 Degrees Awarded
$10,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Science, Technology & Society is the 225th most popular major in the country with 1,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 314 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,500 and $15,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 300 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in science, technology and society. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science, technology and society programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the science, technology and society program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The science, tech & society 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 “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society (Income $0-$30k) in New York

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $7,484 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cornell.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Cornell University Science, Technology & Society Report

#2

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, New York

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Farmingdale State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Farmingdale, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees to 268 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale also took the #4 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is $3,469 for new york bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Science, Technology & Society at Farmingdale State College

#3

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vassar College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Poughkeepsie, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s science, tech and society students in 2019-2020.

Vassar not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $8,186 for new york bachelor’s degree science, tech & society students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Vassar College.

The low student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Vassar College Science, Technology & Society Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #4 spot on the list. RPI is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 5 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RPI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is $22,662 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Science, Technology & Society 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

  • *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.

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