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Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$51,135 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,953 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

Materials Engineering is the #180 most popular major in New York with 158 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New York to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for materials engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our analysis found Cornell University to be the best value school for materials engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in New York. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Cornell undergraduate students pay an average of $61,015 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, materials engineering graduates from Cornell carry an average student debtload of $14,096.

Cornell also made our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #1.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a great value for materials engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RPI are $58,526 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, materials engineering majors at RPI accumulate an average of around $23,034 in student debt.

RPI also claimed a spot on our Best Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Alfred University

Alfred, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alfred University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the town of Alfred, Alfred is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Alfred are $33,864 a year.

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Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 235
Maryland 89
New Jersey 9
District of Columbia 0

Materials Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Panoramedia.

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