2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that 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.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 85 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,366 and $27,591 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in polymer and plastics engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their polymer and plastics engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#12 overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 16 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Lehigh University Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

2

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, New Jersey

Top 10% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and it awarded 0 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

Full Stevens Institute of Technology Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Cjp24.