2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 3 masters’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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.

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#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 14 masters’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552.

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

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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