2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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 Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology is the 842nd most popular major in the country with 396 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician 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 plastics and polymer engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$7,207 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ferris State University is a fairly large school located in Big Rapids, Michigan that handed out 45 bachelors’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ferris State University is $7,207 for Bachelor’s Degree Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Ferris State University Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Report

#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$10,638 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Pitt State is located in Pittsburg, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Pitt State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Pitt State is $10,638 for Bachelor’s Degree Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology at Pittsburg State University

#3

Shawnee State University

Portsmouth, Ohio

#3 in overall quality

$13,697 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shawnee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Shawnee State University is a small school located in Portsmouth, Ohio that handed out 22 bachelors’s plastics and polymer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Shawnee State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Shawnee State University is $13,697 for Bachelor’s Degree Plastics and Polymer Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Shawnee State University Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology Report

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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