2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 396 people earned their degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician, making the major the 842nd most popular in the United States.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician program at the school. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology (With Aid)

#1

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. 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.

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 are $26,552.

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#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s plastics and polymer engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #0 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 Cornell University are $30,042.

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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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