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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering

5 Ranked Colleges
174 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 174 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

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 Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree polymer engineering students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering

#1

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Menomonie, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree polymer engineering students list, UW - Stout has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UW - Stout is $15,839 for bachelor’s degree polymer engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Stout

#2

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Washington University is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

WWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for WWU is $16,529 for bachelor’s degree polymer engineering students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 50 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Massachusetts - Lowell is $19,119 for bachelor’s degree polymer engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,104 for Bachelor’s Degree Polymer Engineering students per year to attend Auburn.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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#4 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 Bachelor’s list. Case Western Reserve University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree polymer engineering students list, Case Western has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Case Western Reserve University is $35,428 for Bachelor’s Degree Polymer Engineering students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Case Western

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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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