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

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 the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 43 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent polymer and plastics engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the polymer and plastics engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Southeast Region”.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 8 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956.

Full Auburn University Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

• 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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