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2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s

6 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$30,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Akron Main Campus, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#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 Master’s. Lehigh University is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

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 University are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 masters’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

UMass Lowell also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990.

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#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #5 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 11 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Case Western Reserve University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s 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 also made our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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