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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the 287th most popular major in the country with 330 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 43 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. 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

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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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