Polymer & Plastics Engineeringmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #237 out of the 343 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 46 master's degrees in polymer & plastics engineering to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on polymer & plastics engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other polymer & plastics engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt polymer & plastics engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized polymer & plastics engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for polymer & plastics engineering students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the New England Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in polymer & plastics engineering.
Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Polymer Engineering
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in polymer & plastics engineering has to check out University of Massachusetts - Lowell. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduating, polymer engineering master's recipients usually make an average of $89,021 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
