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2023 Best Value Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$52,408 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Rochester Institute of Technology the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for materials sciences students working on their graduate certificate. RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at RIT are $52,408 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, RIT is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Materials Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology

Best Materials Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best materials sciences colleges 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 values are for the top school 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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