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2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master's For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 330 people earned their degree in general polymer amd plastics engineering, making the major the 647th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general polymer amd plastics engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general polymer amd plastics engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general polymer amd plastics engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lehigh General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it awarded 26 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Lowell, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’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.

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#4

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #4 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#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 Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 14 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

#6

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

Auburn University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 8 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956.

Full Auburn University General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#6 in overall quality

University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #7. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Akron Main Campus

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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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