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2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$38,103 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,822 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Materials Engineering 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 Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in New York to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Materials Engineering Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
$61,015 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Cornell University the best value school in New York for materials engineering students. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

Cornell undergraduate students pay an average of $61,015 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Cornell is ranked #1 for overall quality for materials engineering in New York.

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#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY
$10,390 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New York list. Located in the midsize suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Binghamton University are $10,390 per year.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Binghamton University

#3

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY
$10,455 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New York list. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.

SUNY Stony Brook undergraduate students pay an average of $10,455 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Materials Engineering at Stony Brook University Report

#4

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY
$54,370 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New York list. Located in the town of Potsdam, Clarkson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Clarkson undergraduate students pay an average of $54,370 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Clarkson also claimed a spot on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Clarkson University

#5

Alfred University

Alfred, NY
$33,864 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Alfred University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New York list. Located in the remote 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.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Alfred University

$58,526 Average Tuition & Fees

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in New York ranking. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

RPI undergraduate students pay an average of $58,526 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, RPI also is in the top 10% of our Best Materials Engineering Schools in New York ranking.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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 6 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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