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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

6 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$30,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the 647th most popular major in the country with 330 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general polymer amd plastics engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general polymer amd plastics engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general polymer amd plastics engineering 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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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified doctorate’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#2

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh also made our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130.

Full Lehigh General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Virginia Tech General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. UMass Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree polymer engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMass Lowell has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. Case Western is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 7 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Case Western General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217.

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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%.

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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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