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2023 Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$35,294 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,354 Avg Salary

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 New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for polymer engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 New England Region

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

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Polymer & Plastics Engineering

$33,624 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts - Lowell to be the best value school for polymer and plastics engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMass Lowell are $33,624 a year. The average amount in student loans that polymer engineering majors at UMass Lowell take out is $27,000.

Read full report on Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

$36,964 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 2 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

UMass Amherst undergraduate students pay an average of $36,964 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best polymer and plastics engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 139

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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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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