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2023 Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$16,069 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,354 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 139 degrees and certificates were awarded to polymer and plastics engineering students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #129 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Massachusetts 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Colleges.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Polymer & Plastics Engineering

$15,698 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 Massachusetts. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Lowell are $15,698 per year. While working on their degree, polymer engineering majors at UMass Lowell accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Full Polymer & Plastics Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Lowell Report

$16,439 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best polymer and plastics engineering schools in Massachusetts. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMass Amherst are $16,439 a year.

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

Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded

One of 40 majors within the area of study, polymer and plastics engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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