2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer Chemistry in the Great Lakes 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 Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Polymer Chemistry is the 954th most popular major in the country with 81 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 63 polymer chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 polymer chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Polymer Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in polymer chemistry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality polymer chemistry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the polymer chemistry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree polymer chemistry students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer Chemistry in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$15,217 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Polymer Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s polymer chemistry students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Polymer Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217.

Read full report on Polymer Chemistry at University of Akron Main Campus

#2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Polymer Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 4 masters’s polymer chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Polymer Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Polymer Chemistry Report

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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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