Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Pennsylvania College of Technology

If you plan to study polymer and plastics engineering, take a look at what Pennsylvania College of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Penn College is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 4,565. Of the 640 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania College of Technology in 2021, 18 of them were polymer and plastics engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Polymer & Plastics Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Penn College Polymer & Plastics Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Polymer Engineering

Penn College Polymer & Plastics Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the polymer engineering progam at Penn College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The polymer engineering major at Penn College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Polymer & Plastics Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools	2
Most Popular Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools	8

Polymer Engineering Student Demographics at Penn College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the polymer engineering majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Penn College Polymer & Plastics Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in polymer engineering from Penn College. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. The typical polymer engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% women. So female students are more repesented at Penn College since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in polymer engineering at Penn College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology with a bachelor's in polymer engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Penn College also has a doctoral program available in polymer engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Robotics Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Careers That Polymer Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in polymer engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,220	$150,400
Engineering Professors	2,950	$114,870
Materials Engineers	1,690	$89,180

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By George Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.