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2023 Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$28,077 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,222 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering School for You

Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the #296 most popular major in the country with 360 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for polymer engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the polymer engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Polymer & Plastics Engineering

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Stout to be the best value school for polymer and plastics engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Stout are $17,820 per year. While working on their degree, polymer engineering majors at UW - Stout accumulate an average of around $26,222 in student debt.

In addition to its great value ranking, UW - Stout is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Stout Report

$11,880 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Akron Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best polymer and plastics engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

University of Akron Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $11,880 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Case Western are $54,532 per year.

Case Western also claimed a spot on our Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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

Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best polymer and plastics engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Ohio 59
Wisconsin 12

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Polymer & Plastics Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Polymer Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Cjp24.

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