2023 Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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 distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Stout are $17,820 a year. While working on their degree, polymer engineering majors at UW - Stout accumulate an average of around $26,222 in student debt.
UW - Stout excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. 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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Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Case Western are $54,532 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Case Western is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Request InformationBest 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 |
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Michigan | 0 |
Ohio | 59 |
Wisconsin | 12 |
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Polymer & Plastics Engineering Related Majors for Polymer Engineering
Polymer & Plastics Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Polymer Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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