2025 Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

a bachelor's degree in materials engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #145 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of materials engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 bachelor's degrees in materials engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on materials engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of materials engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for materials engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized materials engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree 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 Bachelor’s Students to Study Materials Engineering in New York

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

Top New York Schools for a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

16 Annual Graduates

Cornell University is a great option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca.More information about a bachelor’s in materials engineering from Cornell University

2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

14 Annual Graduates

$66,927 Median Starting Salary

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a good option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in materials engineering. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the materials engineering program report average early career earnings of $66,927.

More information about a bachelor’s in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	274	91
Maryland	207	48

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Materials Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Materials Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Materials Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Materials Engineering	37

Most Popular Majors Related to Materials Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	1,833
Electrical Engineering	806
Civil Engineering	668
Biomedical Engineering	547
Computer Engineering	542
Chemical Engineering	469
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	296
Environmental Engineering	200
Industrial Engineering	192
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	157

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 Panoramedia. More about our data sources and methodologies.