2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 78 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree polymer engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$15,217 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Akron Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. 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

#2

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$47,958 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 14 masters’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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Case Western

• Best Value Master’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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