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2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
164 Degrees Awarded
$43,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Materials Science is the 522nd most popular major in the country with 646 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 239 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 164 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general materials science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general materials science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general materials science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Materials Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Columbia University in the City of New York is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 masters’s general materials science degrees to qualified students.

Columbia also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Materials Science at Columbia

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 46 masters’s general materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also made our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326.

Full Carnegie Mellon General Materials Science Report

#3

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Delaware is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UD are $35,192, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Materials Science at University of Delaware

#4

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #4 spot on the list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general materials science degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

University of Rochester also made our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rochester are $50,505.

Read more about General Materials Science at University of Rochester

#5

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified masters’s general materials science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree general materials science students whose families make $30-$48k list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028.

Read more about General Materials Science at University at Buffalo

#4 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Materials Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. RIT is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 20 masters’s general materials science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Materials Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rochester Institute of Technology are $50,442.

Full RIT General Materials Science Report

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Notes and References

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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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