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2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$26,998 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

Materials Sciences is the #179 most popular major in the country with 448 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Materials Sciences

Our analysis found University of Delaware to be the best value school for materials sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rowan are $16,146 a year.

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#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University at Buffalo are $26,178 a year.

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#4

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Rochester. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Materials Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Rochester are $47,541 per year.

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Best Materials Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best materials sciences schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 90
Pennsylvania 58
New Jersey 21
District of Columbia 5
Delaware 17

One of 8 majors within the area of study, materials sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Materials Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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.

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