2023 Most Focused Colleges for Ceramic Sciences & Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
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In 2021-2022, 100 people earned their degree in ceramic sciences & engineering, making the major the 984th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 57 ceramic sciences & engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Ceramic Sciences and Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in ceramic sciences & engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their ceramic sciences & engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools Highly Focused on Ceramic Sciences and Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region ceramic sciences and engineering students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Ceramic Sciences & Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ceramic Sciences and Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alfred University landed the #1 spot on the list. Alfred is located in Alfred, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 18 ’s ceramic sciences and engineering degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Ceramic Sciences and Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school awarded 39 degrees to qualified ’s ceramic sciences and engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
