2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in New York

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Materials Sciences is the 258th most popular major in the country with 689 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, materials sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,225 and had an average of $23,698 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 108 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in New York” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in materials sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great materials sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the materials sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in New York.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences in New York

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#2 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in New York list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s materials science degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york doctor’s degree materials science students list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$51,194 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 2 doctorate’s materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York Materials Sciences Report

#3

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

#2 in overall quality

$50,505 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Doctorate in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Rochester is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 1 doctorate’s materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at University of Rochester

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Per Henning.

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