2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering in Massachusetts

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

Across Massachusetts, there were 115 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general polymer amd plastics engineering 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 general polymer amd plastics engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” 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

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$26,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is a public institution located in Lowell, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Lowell are $26,990, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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