Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 7 ’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $14,003 for southeast region polymer engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Virginia Tech.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
Full Virginia Tech General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report