2023 Best Value General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 “Best Value General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Materials Science is the 538th most popular major in the country with 600 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 311 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general materials science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general materials science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general materials science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region general materials science students.
Top 4 Best Value Colleges for General Materials Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University of Delaware is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 ’s general materials science degrees to qualified students.
UD also made our “Best General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $18,967 for middle atlantic region general materials science students per year to attend UD.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read more about General Materials Science at UD
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 ’s general materials science degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region general materials science students list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $19,262 for Middle Atlantic Region General Materials Science students per year to attend University at Buffalo.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Materials Science at University at Buffalo
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region. University of Rochester is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 ’s general materials science degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region general materials science students list, University of Rochester has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $31,340 for Middle Atlantic Region General Materials Science students per year to attend University of Rochester.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full University of Rochester General Materials Science Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Rochester Institute of Technology is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 ’s general materials science degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend RIT is $34,822 for Middle Atlantic Region General Materials Science students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Read full report on General Materials Science at Rochester Institute of Technology
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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
- *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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