2025 Best General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
253General Materials Science Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in general materials science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #538 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 253 degrees in general materials science to qualified students.
Your choice of general materials science 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 general materials science 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.
General Materials Science Rankings by Degree Level
The general materials science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Materials Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Best Schools for General Materials Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general materials science degree levels they offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in General Materials Science
Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general materials science. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were about 29 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Delaware is a great option for students interested in a degree in general materials science. UD is a very large public university located in the suburb of Newark. This university ranks 1st out of 3 schools for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were approximately 13 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in general materials science has to check out Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester. This school ranks 13th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 31 general materials science students who graduated with this degree at RIT in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of general materials science 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 general materials science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
