2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the 287th most popular major in the country with 330 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 78 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in polymer and plastics engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent polymer and plastics engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$15,217 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

#2

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$47,958 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s polymer engineering students in 2019-2020.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958.

Read full report on Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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