by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Polymer & Plastics Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Polymer & Plastics Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of Massachusetts Amherst. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in polymer engineering, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UMass Amherst paid an average of $1,673 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $779 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,014 | $30,120 |
| Fees | $2,221 | $2,221 |
Online degrees for the UMass Amherst polymer engineering master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UMass Amherst Online Learning page.
About 45.5% of the students who received their MS in polymer engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39.8%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in polymer engineering at UMass Amherst in 2019-2020, 9.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 11%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 4 |
| International Students | 6 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Polymer & Plastics Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Polymer & Plastics Engineering | 11 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to polymer and plastics engineering.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | 1 |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 |
| Civil Engineering | 17 |
| Electrical Engineering | 75 |
| Environmental Engineering | 3 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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