2024 Best General Materials Science Schools in New York
3Colleges in New York
96General Materials Science Degrees Awarded
General Materials Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #538 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Materials Science Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 96 degrees in general materials science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general materials science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Materials Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
General Materials Science Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Materials Science Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Materials Science in New York
The schools below may not offer all types of general materials science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general materials science. RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester. This school ranks 22nd out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 19 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at RIT in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Rochester if you wish to pursue a degree in general materials science. Located in the city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #104 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were about 10 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in general materials science has to check out University at Buffalo. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 27 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
Rankings in Majors Related to General Materials Science
General Materials Science is one of 2 different types of Materials Sciences programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of general materials science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Materials Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
