2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology is the 842nd most popular major in the country with 396 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students.
Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Rapids Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Grand Rapids Community College is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 associates’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our associate degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students list, Grand Rapids Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Rapids Community College is $8,684 for associate degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 29 associates’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Ferris also took the #1 spot in our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,889 for Associate Degree Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech students per year to attend Ferris State University.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Schoolcraft College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate list. Located in Livonia, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s plastics and polymer engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
Schoolcraft College also made our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $7,578 for Associate Degree Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech students per year to attend Schoolcraft College.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology is a small public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 2 associates’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students list, WSU Tech has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,308 for associate degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students per year to attend WSU Tech.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate list. Williamsport, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
Penn College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Pennsylvania College of Technology is $25,794 for Associate Degree Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech students.
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Shawnee State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Portsmouth, Ohio, and it awarded 1 associates’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Shawnee State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Shawnee State University is $16,320 for Associate Degree Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech students.
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Mid Michigan College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Harrison, Michigan, and it awarded 2 associates’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Mid Michigan College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Mid Michigan College is $8,199 for associate degree plastics and polymer engineering tech students.
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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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