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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $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

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 Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 330 people earned their degree in polymer and plastics engineering, making the major the 287th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, polymer and plastics engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $65,100 and had an average of $25,167 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 polymer and 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 looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in polymer and plastics engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality polymer and 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 polymer and plastics engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree polymer engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for 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 Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Lehigh University

#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. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 26 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Lowell also took the #3 spot in our “Best 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 UMass Lowell Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

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, Virginia Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s polymer engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Virginia Tech

#4

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s polymer engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#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 also made our “Best 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 some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#6

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

Auburn University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #4 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Auburn

#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 fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 15 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree polymer engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, University of Akron Main Campus has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best 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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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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