2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Ohio

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Ohio” 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.

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.

More Ways to Rank Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools

The polymer engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Ohio”.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Ohio

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

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

#1

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$15,217 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Ohio list. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s polymer engineering degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

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 Ohio. Case Western is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

Case Western also made our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958.

Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

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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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