2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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 Master’s in the New England Region” 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 the New England region, there were 115 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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 Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the New England Region

#1

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$26,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. This fairly large school is located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it awarded 26 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Lowell are $26,990, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 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 #2 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341.

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

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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