2022 Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 29 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,100 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the polymer and plastics engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree polymer engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$27,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Polymer Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lehigh University is a medium-sized school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lehigh also made our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lehigh University are $27,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Lehigh Polymer & Plastics Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Polymer & Plastics Engineering (With Aid)

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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