2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Master’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 360 people earned their degree in polymer and plastics engineering, making the major the 293rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, polymer and plastics engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $62,838 and had an average of $26,051 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 139 polymer and plastics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,354 and $27,000 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in polymer and plastics engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality polymer and plastics engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the polymer and plastics engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying polymer engineering.

Top 2 Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, Massachusetts

623 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it awarded 47 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UMass Lowell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Massachusetts - Lowell supports 18,150 students, and 623 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 290 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,664. During this same period, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UMass Lowell]](/colleges/university-of-massachusetts-lowell/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

477 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Polymer Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 14 masters’s polymer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass Amherst, 477 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,295. In addition to receiving other benefits, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full UMass Amherst Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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