Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified ’s polymer engineering students in 2020-2021.
Lehigh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Lehigh University is $27,212 for Middle Atlantic Region Polymer Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Lehigh University General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
