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 Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 360 people earned their degree in polymer and plastics engineering, making the major the 293rd most popular in the United States. 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.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in polymer and plastics engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in polymer and plastics engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
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 Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a small school located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania that handed out 18 ’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Pennsylvania College of Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified ’s polymer engineering students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 Lehigh University Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This medium-sized school is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and it awarded 0 ’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Stevens Institute of Technology
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