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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 43 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 2 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree polymer engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 8 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree polymer engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, Auburn has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956.

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

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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