2023 Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
53
Degrees Awarded
$35,200
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
General Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the 663rd most popular major in the country with 360 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 139 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 general polymer amd plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general polymer amd plastics engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general polymer amd plastics engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying polymer engineering.
Top 1 Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 53 bachelors’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
UMass Lowell also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 623 of the 18,150 students enrolled at UMass Lowell were GI Bill® students, of which 290 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,664. On top of their other funding sources, 29 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UMass Lowell]](/colleges/university-of-massachusetts-lowell/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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