2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the New England region, there were 115 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

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

#1

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$26,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 26 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Lowell, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Lowell are $26,990.

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#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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