by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the 293rd most popular major in the country with 360 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, polymer and plastics engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $62,838 and had an average of $26,051 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 193 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in polymer and plastics engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in polymer and plastics engineering.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree polymer engineering students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major. Penn College is a public institution located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 53 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Massachusetts - Lowell Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major. Menomonie, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major list. Western Washington University is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Western Washington University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 19 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Southern Miss
Case Western Reserve University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major ranking. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s polymer engineering students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Case Western Reserve University Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
Auburn University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major list. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 3 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Auburn
University of Akron Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major ranking. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 22 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Akron Main Campus
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