2025 Best General Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

If you pursue a doctor's degree in general materials engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #36 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 doctor's degrees in general materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general materials engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general materials engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general materials engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general materials engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Materials Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Materials Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Materials Engineering in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general materials engineering.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general materials engineering. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in general materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2

Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Stony Brook University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in general materials engineering. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.More information about a doctorate in general materials engineering from Stony Brook University

Best General Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	311	50
Maryland	190	18
New Jersey	165	5

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General Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

General Materials Engineering is one of 0 different types of Materials Engineering 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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