2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology is the 842nd most popular major in the country with 396 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 3 masters’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Cornell Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Report

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology at Eastern Michigan University

Notes and References

References

• 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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