2024 Best Natural Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

Natural Sciences isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #169 in popularity out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for natural sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 131 bachelor's degrees in natural sciences during the 2020-2021 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 many resources a school devotes to natural sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other natural sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 much debt natural 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 natural sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for natural sciences 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 Natural Sciences 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 Natural Sciences in New York

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

Top New York Schools for a Bachelor's in Natural Sciences

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New York University
New York, NY

New York University is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in natural sciences. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in natural sciences from New York University

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Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

3 Annual Graduates

Hofstra University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in natural sciences. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in natural sciences from Hofstra University

Best Natural Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Natural Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	274	55
Maryland	207	26
New Jersey	193	5

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Natural Sciences Related Rankings by Major

Natural Sciences is one of 51 different types of Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies programs to choose from.

Natural Sciences Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Natural Sciences	131

Majors Similar to Natural Sciences

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Biology	713
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	617
Interdisciplinary Studies	317
Science, Technology & Society	312
Biological & Physical Science	206
International Studies	145
Cultural Studies & Analysis	114
Sustainability Science	98
Nutrition Science	93
Human Computer Interaction	84

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 Agsftw. More about our data sources and methodologies.