2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

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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 Pennsylvania, there were 29 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,100 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the polymer and plastics engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in Pennsylvania

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lehigh, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh are $27,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Lehigh University

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

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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