2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 330 people earned their degree in polymer and plastics engineering, making the major the 287th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, polymer and plastics engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $65,100 and had an average of $25,167 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 43 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in polymer and plastics engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality polymer and plastics engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the polymer and plastics engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 2 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Virginia Tech Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 8 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956.

Read more about Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Auburn

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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