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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Polymer Chemistry is the 970th most popular major in the country with 101 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 polymer chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in polymer chemistry. To top this list, a school must have a successful polymer chemistry program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree polymer chemistry students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s polymer chemistry degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #2 spot on the list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large public school situated in San Luis Obispo, California. It awarded 8 masters’s polymer chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s polymer chemistry degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 3 masters’s polymer chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s list. Pitt State is located in Pittsburg, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s polymer chemistry degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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DePaul University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s ranking. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s polymer chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Connecticut did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 5 masters’s polymer chemistry 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 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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College of Staten Island CUNY did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. CSI is a fairly large school located in Staten Island, New York that handed out 0 masters’s polymer chemistry degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Polymer Chemistry Major for a Master’s list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s polymer chemistry degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 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%.
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