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Best Schools for Materials Engineering in New York
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the materials engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Materials Engineering
No school ranked higher than Cornell University this year for materials engineering. Cornell University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca. Roughly 95% of students complete a degree within six years here. Cornell University awarded about 83 materials engineering degrees in the most recent data year. Graduates of the materials engineering program make about $75,976 in their early career. Students borrow a median of $18,000 to complete this degree.
Get the full materials engineering details for Cornell University
Students looking for a strong materials engineering program will find one at Stony Brook University, which ranked #2. Set in the suburb of Stony Brook, Stony Brook University is a very large public institution. Stony Brook University graduates 76% of students within six years. There were roughly 15 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stony Brook University in the most recent data year. Students who receive their materials engineering degree from Stony Brook University earn around $60,047 in the first couple years of their career. Stony Brook University graduates carry a median of $20,537 in student loans.
See the full materials engineering program report for Stony Brook University
Students looking for a strong materials engineering program will find one at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which ranked #3. Located in the city of Troy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university. Roughly 84% of students complete a degree within six years here. There were roughly 25 materials engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the most recent data year. Students who receive their materials engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute earn around $66,927 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $23,250 to complete this degree.
Get the full materials engineering details for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 7 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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