2021 Best Chemistry Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York
7Colleges
929Bachelor's Degrees
$32,980Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Chemistry is the #38 most popular major in New York with 929 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that of the 14,179 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 6.6% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Chemistry Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemistry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemistry program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New York
Check out the chemistry programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Stony Brook University tops the 2021 list of our schools in New York that are best for non-traditional chemistry students. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a fairly large student population. SUNY Stony Brook did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Chemistry in New York list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 14,521 students at SUNY Stony Brook that take at least one class online. About 4,151 of the students at SUNY Stony Brook are attending part time.
University at Buffalo earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo. As a testament to the quality of education offered at University at Buffalo, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in New York ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 16,575 students take at least one class online at University at Buffalo. 5,053 students are part time.
New York University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best chemistry schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Chemistry in New York list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. 8,829 of NYU students are attending part time.
Cornell University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. Cornell also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in New York rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. There are approximately 2,837 students at Cornell that take at least one class online. 574 students are part time.
St. John Fisher College comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Fisher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fisher, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in New York ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. Approximately 1,041 students take at least one class online at Fisher. About 514 of the students at Fisher are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Hunter College as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population. Hunter not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Chemistry in New York list.
About 1.0% of Hunter students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 14,334 students at Hunter that take at least one class online. About 8,678 of the students at Hunter are attending part time.
Brooklyn College earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Brooklyn College is a large public school located in the city of Brooklyn. Brooklyn College not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Chemistry in New York list.
About 1.1% of Brooklyn College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 9,254 students take at least one class online at Brooklyn College. 5,426 students are part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Chemistry
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 7 schools only.
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 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).
Chemistry is the #38 most popular major in New York with 929 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that of the 14,179 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 6.6% were from a college or university in the state.
