2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the New England Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 325 people earned their degree in general polymer & plastics engineering, making the major the 663rd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 129 general polymer & plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general polymer & plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,470 and $116,265 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general polymer & plastics engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general polymer & plastics engineering.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree polymer engineering students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the New England Region list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 14 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 UMass Amherst General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large school located in Lowell, Massachusetts that handed out 8 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Read full report on General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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