2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the 647th most popular major in the country with 330 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Massachusetts, there were 115 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general polymer amd plastics engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general polymer amd plastics engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general polymer amd plastics engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$26,990 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is located in Lowell, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 masters’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Lowell, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Lowell are $26,990.

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#2

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #2 spot on the list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s polymer engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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