2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio

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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 Ohio, there were 70 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,438 and $112,790 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in Ohio

#1

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$15,217 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. 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.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#2

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$47,958 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #2 spot on the list. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 7 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Case Western Reserve University Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Great Lakes Region
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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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