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2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in New York

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Finding the Best Materials Sciences School for You

With 90 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, materials sciences is the #134 most popular major in New York.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in New York to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Materials Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Materials Sciences Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in New York for materials sciences students. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full Materials Sciences at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.

Full Materials Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology Report

#4

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Out of the 6 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Albany landed the # 5 spot on the list. UAlbany is a large public school located in the city of Albany.

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The excellent programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials sciences schools in New York. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

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Best Materials Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Materials Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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.

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 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 Per Henning.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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