2022 Best Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in materials sciences. It is ranked #247 out of 338 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of materials sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 39 bachelor's degrees in materials sciences to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to materials sciences students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other materials sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How much debt materials sciences students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials sciences related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for materials sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Materials Sciences Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Materials Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in materials sciences.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Materials Science
It's difficult to beat Carnegie Mellon University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in materials sciences. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the materials science program make about $60,400 in their early career salary.
More information about a bachelor’s in materials sciences from Carnegie Mellon UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in materials sciences. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a bachelor’s in materials sciences from Columbia University in the City of New York
Best Materials Sciences Colleges by State
Explore the best materials sciences colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .
State | Colleges | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 267 | 7 |
Pennsylvania | 266 | 138 |
District of Columbia | 125 | 0 |
Rankings in Majors Related to Materials Science
One of 8 majors within the Physical Sciences area of study, Materials Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
Materials Science Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Materials Science | 39 |
Majors Similar to Materials Science
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Chemistry | 2,331 |
Physics | 1,702 |
Geological & Earth Sciences | 1,048 |
Other Physical Science | 168 |
Astronomy & Astrophysics | 133 |
General Physical Sciences | 120 |
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology | 113 |
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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Per Henning. More about our data sources and methodologies.
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