2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Southeast Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the 663rd most popular major in the country with 325 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 46 general polymer & plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general polymer & plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general polymer & plastics engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general polymer & plastics engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree polymer engineering students.
Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. Southern Miss is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 8 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Southern Miss
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified doctorate’s polymer engineering students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Virginia Tech
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s polymer engineering students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Auburn University General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Polymer Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 0 doctorate’s polymer engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report
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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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