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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,268 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,677 Avg Salary

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

With 97 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials engineering is the #131 most popular major in New York.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Materials Engineering Master's Degree Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for materials engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York

Check out the materials engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master'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 master’s degree in New York. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Cornell not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

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#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the midsize suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Binghamton University are $13,780 per year.

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#3

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $13,838 per year.

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#4

Alfred University

Alfred, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Alfred University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value materials engineering schools in New York. 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 graduate student at Alfred are $23,689 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at RPI are $60,026 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, RPI is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

Full Materials Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Report

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 144
Maryland 41
New Jersey 9
District of Columbia 0

Materials Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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