If you're seeking a degree in polymer & plastics engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #293 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 360 degrees in polymer & plastics engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Polymer & Plastics Engineering School
Your choice of polymer & plastics engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Polymer & Plastics Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Polymer & Plastics Engineering Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the polymer engineering degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat Case Western Reserve University if you wish to pursue a degree in polymer & plastics engineering. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.
There were about 37 polymer & plastics engineering students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in polymer & plastics engineering. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Lowell. This university ranks 21st out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 117 polymer & plastics engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMass Lowell in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the polymer & plastics engineering degree program at University of Massachusetts - Lowell earn $3,516 above the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It is difficult to beat Virginia Tech if you want to pursue a degree in polymer & plastics engineering. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 7 polymer & plastics engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in polymer & plastics engineering needs to take a look at Lehigh University. Lehigh is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bethlehem. A Best Colleges rank of #71 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lehigh is a great university overall.
There were about 19 polymer & plastics engineering students who graduated with this degree at Lehigh in the most recent year we have data available.
UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Amherst. A Best Colleges rank of #81 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMass Amherst is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 polymer & plastics engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 27th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 22 polymer & plastics engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Akron Main Campus in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 12 polymer & plastics engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stout in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 26 polymer & plastics engineering students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the polymer engineering program state that they receive average early career income of $55,793.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of polymer & plastics engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Polymer & Plastics Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
