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2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master's For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in polymer and plastics engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great polymer and 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 polymer and plastics engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMass 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 2 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. 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.

Full UMass Amherst Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#4

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

Lehigh not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130.

Full Lehigh University Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217.

Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Akron Main Campus

#6

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#4 in overall quality

Auburn University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 8 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Auburn Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 14 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree polymer engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, Case Western has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. 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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