Natural Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #208 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Natural Sciences Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 179 degrees in natural sciences to qualified students.
Your choice of natural sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for natural sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Natural Sciences Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the natural sciences degree levels they offer.
New York University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in natural sciences. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 29 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in natural sciences has to take a look at Daemen College. Daemen College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Amherst. This college ranks 74th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 100 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at Daemen College in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the natural sciences program earn an average of $6,394 for their early career.
Hofstra University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in natural sciences. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 28th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 5 natural sciences students who graduated with this degree at Hofstra in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of natural sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for natural sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
