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2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$40,370 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 96 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials sciences students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #212 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Materials Sciences Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New York to see which programs offered the best value experiences for materials science 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Schools in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for materials science majors pursuing a .

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Sciences

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY
$10,782 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University at Buffalo the best value school in New York for materials sciences students. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

University at Buffalo undergraduate students pay an average of $10,782 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Materials Sciences at University at Buffalo Report

$50,951 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Sciences Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

RIT undergraduate students pay an average of $50,951 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

RIT also claimed a spot on our Best Materials Sciences Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#3

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY
$59,378 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Rochester is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Rochester are $59,378 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, University of Rochester is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Materials Sciences Schools in New York list.

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Best Value Materials Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 182
New Jersey 21
District of Columbia 5
Delaware 17

Materials Sciences is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375

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 Per Henning.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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