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2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$18,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Materials Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Materials Sciences is the 258th most popular major in the country with 689 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, materials sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,225 and had an average of $23,698 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 108 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent materials sciences 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 materials sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york bachelor’s degree materials science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Materials Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in New York

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s materials science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Materials Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia is $18,637 for new york bachelor’s degree materials science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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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